NCT02141126

Lower Limb Resistance Training in Older Inpatients

Can Lower Limb Resistance Training Improve Strength, Muscle Mass and Functional Outcomes in Older Inpatients in a Post-acute Rehabilitation Unit? A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this feasibility study is to evaluate the feasibility of delivering a PRT programme in an inpatient older person rehabilitation setting and to describe changes in lower limb strength and physical function following six weeks of resistance training and routine physiotherapy versus a control group of routine physiotherapy only in an older inpatient population.

Detailed description

This is a prospective, single blinded, randomised controlled feasibility study recruiting consecutive appropriate patients in this post-acute rehabilitation unit. Feasibility outcomes including safety, recruitment, measurements, adherence, retention and satisfaction will be evaluated. There are two groups (i) exercise intervention and (ii) control. It will not be possible to blind the treating physiotherapist or the patient to the exercise intervention; hence the single (assessor) blinded design. The study will be based in St James's Hospital, Dublin. Assessments and the delivery of the exercise intervention will be conducted in the Physiotherapy department. Patients will be recruited in the inpatient setting. Appropriate patients will be approached, and the intervention explained to them. The patient will be given an information leaflet and 24-hours to consider involvement in the study

Conditions

• Muscle Weakness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Resistance training	Usual physiotherapy care and twice weekly tailored and progressive resistance lower limb exercises Circuit-type format, sessions will last 35 minutes and will include a warm-up and cool-down period. Exercises tailored to each patient and will use ankle weights as the resistance, using 65-75% of their 1-Repetition Maximum. Intervention will last for 6 weeks.
OTHER	Usual care	Standard inpatient 'usual care' physiotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-30
• Completion: 2019-09-01
• First posted: 2014-05-19
• Last updated: 2021-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Ireland