Feasibility of At-Home Chair-Based Resistance Band Training to Improve Balance, Strength, and Bone Density in Older Adults

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50+
SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of implementing a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention, to determine effectiveness of a the a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention in improving body composition and to determine the effectiveness of a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention in improving physical performance in adults 50 years and older, receiving care at the UT Physicians Center for Healthy Aging.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

English-speaking

receive care at the UT Physician Center for Healthy Aging

Disqualifiers

inability to provide informed consent on their own

presence of obvious signs of cognitive decline

a diagnosis of dementia and inability to come to the clinic for the scheduled study visits.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • THERABand resistance exercise bands

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group