NCT07027397

One Year of Velocity-based Resistance Training in Older People Living in Nursing Homes

One Year of Velocity-based Resistance Training in Older People Living in Nursing Homes: Effects on Skeletal Muscle Mass, Muscle Function, and Physical and Cognitive Function

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Castilla-La Mancha · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is an exercise intervention assessing the efficacy of a velocity-based resistance training (VBRT) in institutionalized older adults. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of one year of velocity-based resistance training on skeletal muscle mass, muscle function, and physical and cognitive function in older adults living in nursing homes.

Detailed description

Evidence supports the fact that resistance exercise training is effective in improving old adult's health and palliate age-related disorders. New approaches in resistance training are emerging to maximize monitoring control, providing more tailored and potentially more effective exercise interventions. Among them, the velocity-based resistance training (VBRT) is being established in healthy populations or populations with pathologies. However, the effects of long-term VBRT in institutionalized older adults are still unknown. Thus, the aim of this study is to assess the effects of one year of velocity-based resistance training on skeletal muscle mass, muscle function, and physical and cognitive function in older adults living in nursing homes.

Conditions

• Aging
• Muscle Mass and Strength
• Muscle Power
• Frailty Syndrome
• Cognitive Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise	All participants will conduct a 2-day-a-week resistance training (RT) routine using the velocity-based method in the leg press exercise for one year. A tailored and constant intensity will be performed at 60% of the theoretical maximal isometric strength (F0) during the training intervention. Participants will conduct 3-4 sets, individualizing the repetitions numbers until they reach a velocity loss of 10-20%. A rest of 2 minutes was imposed between sets. A standardized warm-up will preced all RT session as follows: 4 minutes walking at usual gait speed and 6 minutes performing dynamic balance exercises.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-30
• Primary completion: 2024-12-05
• Completion: 2025-10-01
• First posted: 2025-06-18
• Last updated: 2025-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain