NCT05023642

Training-induced Muscle Strength and Its Role in Interface Pressure in Inelastic Compression

Training-induced Muscle Strength Increase and Its Role in Interface Pressure in Inelastic Compression: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pró Circulação® · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study will answer the following question: what are the effects of strength gain and muscle hypertrophy on interface pressure, static stiffness index, and working pressure amplitude in the elderly using inelastic compression?

Detailed description

This phase I two-armed randomized clinical trial including participants above 60 years of age who do not present any musculoskeletal limitations preventing their participation in resistance exercise programs will be conducted at the Ativas Gym, Xanxere/SC, Brazil. Participants will perform exercises during the strength-training protocol intervention, while individuals in the control group will not be offered the exercise program in the three months before data collection and during the entire period corresponding to the 12-week intervention. In addition, we will monitor their eating and physical activity habits throughout the data collection period. The study was designed in accordance with the CONSORT statement.

Conditions

• Resistance Training

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	resistance training	Interventions will include a three-phase strengthening training protocol. 1. Adaptation phase: three sessions, emphasis on learning the technique, body self-awareness, and movement coordination; 2. Basic phase: 12 sessions, to increase muscle strength; and 3. Specific phase: 21 sessions, to intensify the process of strength gain and muscular hypertrophy. Participants will perform the following exercises during the strength-training protocol intervention: pec deck/seated lever fly, adductor, pulldown, abductor strengthening, alternating dumbbell curl, leg press at a 45-angle, triceps pulley, lateral raise, knee flexion and extension, ankle joint flexion and extension in the leg press, and crunches. If the participant has difficulty performing a specific exercise, an equivalent activity will replace it. From the eighth week onwards, participants will perform additional exercises focused on strengthening the gastrocnemius and soleus.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-03
• Primary completion: 2022-07-18
• Completion: 2022-07-18
• First posted: 2021-08-26
• Last updated: 2022-07-21

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Brazil