The Long-term Effects of Training on Muscle Strength and Functionality

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Strength; Training; Functionality; Ageing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01682330

s53571

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the long-term effects of 1 year of high-intensity fitness training and low-intensity whole-body vibration training on muscle strength and functionality. Therefore, muscle strength and functionality are measured after a 6-yr interval in older adults (65+).

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female (+65 years)
• participation in previous study "De effecten van oefenprogramma's op gezondheids- en fitheidsgerelateerde parameters in een groep van 60-plussers" [The effects of exercise programs on health and fitness-related parameters in a group of people over 60]
• able to perform a maximal strength test on a dynamometer

Exclusion criteria

• pathologies that prohibit a maximal strength test on a dynamometer

Trial design

65 participants in 3 patient groups

Fitness

Whole-body vibration

Control