Strength Training for Elderlies and Their Effects on Muscle Fatigue and Microcirculation - Randomized Clinical Trial

Professor Fernando Figueira Integral Medicine Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging

Treatments: Other: Strength training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02516189

FEFMM

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to verify the effects of a strength training program on functional capacity, muscle performance and microcirculation in the elderly.

Full description

Purpose

The primary research question is:

Do muscular strength training programs can improve functional capacity, muscle performance and microcirculation in the elderly? Hypothesis: Strength training program will promote electromyographic changes during the development of peripheral muscle fatigue and microcirculatory blood flow contributing to functional autonomy.

Secondary Research Questions

1. Does the strength training program in the elderly improve the standard of electromyographic fatigue? Hypothesis: Elderly practitioners of strength exercise program showed increased neuromuscular efficiency and electromyographic fatigue index.
2. Do the strength training program in the elderly improve peripheral microcirculation? Hypothesis: A regular program of strength exercise in the elderly increases the blood flow in peripheral microcirculation changing the process of muscle fatigue. These biomechanical and physiological changes contribute to increased functional autonomy and reducing the risk of falls in the elderly.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• sedentary elderly
• individuals who have physical and medical conditions to perform strength training
• individuals who participate in the Open University Maturity Program

Exclusion criteria

• individuals who do not have physical and medical conditions to perform strength training

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Experimental group

Description:

group of elderly participants of strength training program

Treatment:

Other: Strength training program

Group B

No Intervention group

Description:

group of seniors who did not practice strength training program