Impact of Brief Daily Functional Resistance Training on Lower Extremity Physical Performance

ConditionMobility Limitation

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phasePhase 2, Phase 3

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age65+

SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center

About this trial

In this study, we will randomly assign 360 older adults to 12 months of 5 minutes per day of functional resistance training or to a delayed treatment control condition, and measure the impact of the training on measures of lower extremity performance and walking ability.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Self-reported difficulty or inability to walk ¼ mile

Disqualifiers

Chest pain on the PAR-Q

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Functional Activity Strength Training

Treatment groups

360 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Lead sponsor

Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Sponsor institution

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov