Status:
COMPLETED
Strength Training in Nonagenarians
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon
Collaborating Sponsors:
Universidad Europea de Madrid
Karolinska Institutet
Conditions:
Elderly
Eligibility:
All Genders
90-110 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The Health Enhancing Strength Training in Nonagenarians (STRONG) is a randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of an aerobic and strength training program for improving functional capacity...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age: 90 years or over.
- Planning to stay in the same nursing home during the study.
- Able to ambulate, with or without assistance.
- Able to communicate.
- Informed consent: Must be capable and willing to provide consent.
Exclusion
- Acute or terminal illness.
- Myocardial infarction in the past 3 months.
- Not capable to ambulate.
- Unstable cardiovascular disease or other medical condition.
- Upper or lower extremity fracture in the past 3 months.
- Severe dementia.
- Unwillingness to either complete the study requirements or to be randomised into control or training group.
- Presence of neuromuscular disease or drugs affecting neuromuscular function.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00848978
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
September 13 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
Madrid, Spain, 28007