Strength Training and Quality of Life in Elderly (ST-QOL)

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life

Treatments: Other: Strength training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03952104

UNIVERSITY CARDENAL HERRERA-19

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim: To evaluate the impact of three different strength training programs on psychological wellbeing of elderly.

Full description

Background: Physical activity in the elderly has benefits which improve psychological wellbeing. However, the majority of older adults perform less physical activity with advancing age.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of three different 32-week strength training programs (low, moderate and high intensity) on psychological wellbeing of elderly.

Design: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ≥60 years;
• having the ability to speak and write in Spanish;
• having the ability to complete the questionnaires independently.

Exclusion criteria

-the presence of any medical problem or pathology that could hinder physical activity practice

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 4 patient groups

Experimental-Low Intensity Strength Training

Experimental group

Description:

Strength training (low intensity)

Treatment:

Other: Strength training

Experimental-Moderate Intensity Strength Training

Experimental group

Description:

Strength training (moderate intensity)

Treatment:

Other: Strength training

Experimental-High Intensity Strength Training

Experimental group

Description:

Strength training (high intensity)

Treatment:

Other: Strength training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention