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