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Muscle Function Response to Resistance Band Training in Older Adults With Impaired Muscle Power
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Resistance band exercise, Fitness advice.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Ageing. Basic parameters: from 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United Kingdom
- Next step
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Overview
To investigate the effect of an fitness advice and resistance band exercise intervention on balance, muscle function, and power in an older people population who have low muscle power.
Interventions
- Other Resistance band exercise
Participants will be given a resistance band and at set of exercises that target the lower extremities and asked to perform these as three sets of 15 repetitions, 2 times a week. - Behavioral Fitness advice
Participants will be undertake a series of functional fitness tests and have their performance evaluated against normative values for their age and sex. Following this advice will be given with the aim of empowering change in physical activity participation.
Primary outcome measures
- Postural sway [Time frame: after 12 weeks]
- Five times sit to stand time [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Single leg stand time [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Timed up and go [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Muscle power [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Grip strength [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Fear of falling [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Self-efficacy for exercise [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Perceived change in body, balance and power [Time frame: After 12 weeks]
- Quality of life [Time frame: 12 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Participants will be of male or female sex and free from known neurological health conditions (e.g. Peripheral Neuropathy, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, Migraines, Epilepsy) or musculoskeletal injury.
- low muscle power determined as a score of 8.1 and 9 seconds or more for the completion of the 5 times sit to stand test for males and females respectively
Exclusion criteria
- Neurological health condition or musculoskeletal injury at the time of baseline testing
- individuals aged under 50
- individuals who have been told to avoid strenuous physical activity
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United Kingdom · 1 center
- Department of Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences — London
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07672834 · 51560-A-May/2026- 55297-1