Strong People Strength Training Study

Cornell University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes; Depression, Anxiety; Overweight and Obesity; Sedentary Lifestyle; Cardiovascular Diseases; Fatigue; Heart Diseases; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Strong People Strength Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04203563

MG071019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Strong People Strength Training study aims to assess whether a community-based progressive strength training program can improve risk factors for diabetes and heart disease in older rural adults.

Full description

This study aims to evaluate the effects of a twice weekly, 12-week progressive strength training program, Strong People Strength Training, on cardiometabolic risk factors in a pragmatic, community-based randomized intervention trial among rural men and women 50 and older. We hypothesize that individuals randomized to the intervention group will demonstrate statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors as well as physical function, quality of life, and physical activity compared to those randomized to the delayed intervention control group.

Enrollment: 167 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 50 or older
• Willing and able to get health care provider (HCP) authorization if required (PAR-Q answered yes to any question or 70 and older)

Exclusion criteria

• Strength trained in last 12 months
• Previous enrollment in Strong People
• Enrolled or planning to enroll in lifestyle program
• Cognitive impairment
• Unable to obtain physician authorization

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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167 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Group 1 participants attend twice weekly progressive strength training classes with CPR certified and Strong People trained educators in fall 2019 for 12 weeks. Intervention Group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Strong People Strength Training

Group 2

Other group

Description:

Group 2 participants receive twice weekly progressive strength training classes in January 2020 for 12 weeks. Delayed Intervention Group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Strong People Strength Training