Trunk exercise training improves muscle size, strength, and function in older adults: A randomized controlled trial

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behnaz Shahtahmassebi ◽  
Jeffrey J. Hebert ◽  
Mark Hecimovich ◽  
Timothy J. Fairchild
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Muscle Size ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
And Function

scholarly journals Agility Training to Integratively Promote Neuromuscular, Cognitive, Cardiovascular and Psychosocial Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Study Protocol of a One-Year Randomized-Controlled Trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Morat ◽  
Oliver Faude ◽  
Henner Hanssen ◽  
Sebastian Ludyga ◽  
Jonas Zacher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthy Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Training Concept ◽  
One Year

Exercise training effectively mitigates aging-induced health and fitness impairments. Traditional training recommendations for the elderly focus separately on relevant physiological fitness domains, such as balance, flexibility, strength and endurance. Thus, a more holistic and functional training framework is needed. The proposed agility training concept integratively tackles spatial orientation, stop and go, balance and strength. The presented protocol aims at introducing a two-armed, one-year randomized controlled trial, evaluating the effects of this concept on neuromuscular, cardiovascular, cognitive and psychosocial health outcomes in healthy older adults. Eighty-five participants were enrolled in this ongoing trial. Seventy-nine participants completed baseline testing and were block-randomized to the agility training group or the inactive control group. All participants undergo pre- and post-testing with interim assessment after six months. The intervention group currently receives supervised, group-based agility training twice a week over one year, with progressively demanding perceptual, cognitive and physical exercises. Knee extension strength, reactive balance, dual task gait speed and the Agility Challenge for the Elderly (ACE) serve as primary endpoints and neuromuscular, cognitive, cardiovascular, and psychosocial meassures serve as surrogate secondary outcomes. Our protocol promotes a comprehensive exercise training concept for older adults, that might facilitate stakeholders in health and exercise to stimulate relevant health outcomes without relying on excessively time-consuming physical activity recommendations.

Effects of exercise training on home blood pressure values in older adults: a randomized controlled trial

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1045-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayoshi Ohkubo ◽  
Atsushi Hozawa ◽  
Ryoichi Nagatomi ◽  
Kazuki Fujita ◽  
Catherine Sauvaget ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Home Blood Pressure ◽  
Randomized Controlled

scholarly journals Low-volume cycling training improves body composition and functionality in older people with multimorbidity: a randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Carballeira ◽  
Karla C. Censi ◽  
Ana Maseda ◽  
Rocío López-López ◽  
Laura Lorenzo-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Older People ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Low Volume

AbstractPhysical exercise, when practiced regularly and in adequate doses, is a proven nonpharmacological measure that helps to prevent and reverse noncommunicable diseases, as well as reduce mortality rates from any cause. In general, older adults perform insufficient physical activity and do not meet the doses recommended by the World Health Organization for the improvement of health through physical activity. However, there is little evidence on adequate doses of exercise in older people, especially in those with multimorbidity. Our main aim was to evaluate the effect of a 6-week intervention on health-related outcomes (body composition, hemodynamic and functionality changes) in 24 individuals aged 65 and older with multimorbidity in a randomized controlled trial. The intervention consisted of a very low volume (60 min per week) of low-to-moderate intensity exercise training (perception of effort from 3 to 6 on an 11-point scale). After the intervention, blood pressure was significantly (p = 0.038) reduced in the exercise group (EG), with a higher reduction in men. Furthermore, the EG decreased their waist circumference (p = 0.005), a proxy of abdominal adiposity, and demonstrated an increased likelihood (73%) that a randomly selected change in muscle mass score from the EG would be greater than a randomly selected change score from the control group. The exercise intervention was particularly effective in enhancing the functionality of older adults with multimorbidity, especially in walking speed and balance skills. Perceptually regulated intensity during exercise training seemed to be a very interesting strategy to train individuals with low physical fitness and comorbidities. This study is registered with Clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 04842396).

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