NCT03951688

Multi-modal Exercise Program in Older Adults

Effects of a Multi-modal Exercise Program in Community-dwelling Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Aim: To evaluate the short-term effects of a multi-modal exercise program on physical performance variables in older adults.

Detailed description

* Aim: To evaluate the short-term effects of a 16 weeks home-based multi-modal exercise program on physical performance variables in community-dwelling older adults. * Design: randomized controlled trial. * Setting: home-based intervention.

Conditions

• Community-dwelling Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental-Multi-modal exercise program	Each home-based session (48) starts with 7 minutes of moderate warm-up exercises focusing on mobility and flexibility. Secondly, the strengthening exercises consist of knee extensions, knee flexions, hip abductions, ankle plantar flexions, and ankle dorsiflexions. Thirdly, a set of balance exercises including knee bends, backwards walking, walking and turning around, sideways walking, tandem stance, tandem walk, one leg stand, heel walking, toe walking, toe to heel walking backwards, sit-to-stand, and stair walking. Finally, participants are instructed to walk at their usual pace for at least 10 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-31
• Primary completion: 2019-12-28
• Completion: 2020-01-10
• First posted: 2019-05-15
• Last updated: 2020-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain