NCT02259673

Effects of Fun Physical Activity on the Interest to Daily Physical Activity and Sarcopenia of Elderly People

Mashhad University Medical of Sciences

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this research, the elderly living in nursing homes were selected in two group control and intervention. Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc).

Detailed description

Have of a healthy life with minimal complications in this period. Most important issue in improving the health and quality of life of the elderly is maintain their independence in physical activity. World Health Organization (WHO) is believed that, the first indicator of the health of a society is physical activity of the society. The studies show that sarcopenia leads to a decrease in the function and increase of disability 2/1 male and 3/1 are older women. sarcopenia leads to some perturbation such as, movement disorders, impaired balance, the incidence of inflammatory disease and dementia. In this reserch, the elderly living in nursing homes were selected in two group control and intervention. Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises. (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc).

Conditions

• Activity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fun exercise	Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc)
OTHER	fun exercise	Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-04-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2014-10-08
• Last updated: 2015-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran