NCT07035327

Dual-task Training for Frail Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (Pilot)

Effect of the Resistance-cognitive Dual-task Training on Frailty Status and Cognitive Function in Frail Community-dwelling Older Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the feasibility and effect of a 10-week dual-task training program on frailty status in community-dwelling older adults with frailty and chronic musculoskeletal pain. Main question: Is a 10-week dual-task training program, that combines resistance and cognitive training, feasible and accepted by community-dwelling older adults who have frailty and chronic musculoskeletal pain, and what is the effect of a 10-week dual-task training program on the frailty status in community-dwelling older adults who have frailty and chronic musculoskeletal pain? Participants will attend supervised training sessions (either dual-task training \[Intervention group\] or resistance exercise \[Control group\]) for 10 weeks.

Conditions

• Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
• Frailty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dual-task training program	Participants in the intervention group will engage in a dual-task training program, in which resistance training will be incorporated with cognitive tasks. \- Resistance training: Participants will be instructed to perform the following exercises with proper form: (1) squat to chair, (2) seated unilateral hip flexion, (3) seated unilateral knee extension, (4) standing unilateral knee flexion and (5) bilateral calf raise. The lower limb exercises will be followed by four upper limb exercises: (6) seated elbow flexion, (7) twisting a towel, (8) seated horizontal opening of arms and elbow, (9) seated diagonal opening of arm and elbow. \- Cognitive task: Subjects will be asked to perform a verbal fluency task or mental arithmetic tasks simultaneously with the resistance training exercises.
OTHER	Resistance exercise	Subjects in the control group will perform the resistance exercises only without receiving any cognitive training. Ten-minute warm-up and cool-down sessions will precede and follow each exercise session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-31
• Completion: 2025-10-31
• First posted: 2025-06-25
• Last updated: 2025-12-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong