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Effects of Home-based Lower Extremity Muscle Power Training on Functional Muscle and Balance Performance in Older Adults
Led by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Updated on 2025-09-05
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Participants Needed
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What this Trial Is About
Researchers are investigating how a home-based lower extremity muscle power training program affects muscle function and balance in older adults. The study focuses on community-dwelling adults aged 65 to 80 years and aims to understand if this training can improve muscle power, strength, balance, and confidence related to falls. This trial is a single-blind, randomized controlled study designed to evaluate these effects over an 8-week period. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. The experimental group will complete 24 sessions of muscle power training at home, focusing on various lower limb muscles using body weight as resistance. Each session lasts 40 to 60 minutes, including warm-up and cool-down, with three sessions per week on alternate days for eight weeks. The control group will continue with their usual daily activities and receive health education. Throughout the study, participants will undergo tests to measure muscle power, strength, balance, and mobility using tools like the Four-Step Stair Climb Power Test, Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test, Mini-BESTest, and Timed Up and Go Test. Fall confidence will also be assessed with the Falls Efficacy Scale International. The study will monitor changes from baseline to the end of treatment and analyze the data statistically to evaluate differences between groups.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Effects of Home-based Lower Extremity Muscle Power Training on Functional Muscle and Balance Performance in Older Adults
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Community-dwelling adults aged 65 to 80 years
- Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 24 or higher
- Routine use of a smartphone
You will not qualify if you...
- Musculoskeletal injury or disability in the lower limbs within the past year
- Unstable cardiovascular disease interfering with participation
- Unstable neurological disease interfering with participation
- Unstable metabolic disease interfering with participation
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
Duration - 8 weeks
Participants undergo home-based lower extremity muscle power training or receive health education.
3 sessions per week in alternate days, total 24 sessions
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Taipei, Taiwan, 112
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Research Team
R
Ray-Yau Wang, PhD
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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