NCT05397418

Female Muscle Enhancement

Effectiveness of a 12-week Low Impact Resistance Training Programme on Muscle Function, Body Composition, Quality of Life and Muscle Protein Synthesis in Women Aged 40-60 Years

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Exeter · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Participating in regular physical activity has been shown to reduce the risk of developing some diseases and disabilities that can occur with ageing. Muscles naturally decline with age, and in females this appears to occur more so around the time of menopause. Time, work, family commitments and the availability of facilities have all been identified as barriers to exercise in middle age. Increasing activity levels in middle age appears to improve muscle function and bone health. However, there is a lack of evidence in how muscle function responds to low impact resistance exercise in middle aged females. This study aims to assess the effectiveness and the mechanisms associated with building muscle as well as the effect on quality of life in middle aged (40-60 years) females using a low impact resistance training programme.

Conditions

• Muscle Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Supervised resistance exercise program	12 week supervised low impact resistance training program
BEHAVIORAL	Unsupervised resistance exercise program	12 week unsupervised low impact resistance training program

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-01
• Primary completion: 2023-11-23
• Completion: 2023-11-23
• First posted: 2022-05-31
• Last updated: 2024-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom