Frailty
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: muscular coordination pattern of older people with frailty (Score higher or same as 3 after Fried)
Group 2: control group of healthy older people (Frailty Score after Fried smaller as or equa
Sponsors
Klinik für Altersmedizin - Medizinische Klinik VIUniklinik RWTH Aachen am Franziskus
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. = 65 years of age. 2. written declaration of consent. 3. Individuals who are legally competent and mentally capable of following staff instructions. For the control group: 4. persons who are classified as non-frail or pre-frail (score = 2) according to the diagnostics regarding physical frailty, according to Fried's phenotype model [Fried et al., 2001]. For the study group: 4. persons who are classified as frail (score = 3) according to the phenotype model of Fried (Fried et al. 2001).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. persons who have been placed in an institution by order of the authorities or the courts 2. persons who are in a dependent or working relationship with the examiner 3. persons who can perform upper extremity movement only with pain (e.g., due to osteoarthritis or tendonitis) 4. persons who have comorbidities that affect movement (e.g. orthopedic disease, neurological disease such as stroke and Parkinson's syndrome, or other relevant (neuro) psychiatric disease such as psychosis or dementia) 5. persons with a severe visual impairment 6. 3-G rules apply to all subjects: Only subjects with full vaccination protection, recovery status, or a negative current Sars-Cov-2 test can participate. If symptoms of a possible Covid-19 infection (e.g. fever, flu-like symptoms, cough etc.) appear, if the participants have had unprotected contact with Sars-Cov-2 infected persons in the last 14 days or if they have been abroad, they will be excluded for the duration of a possible Sars-Cov-2 infection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Influence of external load and movement speed on muscular coordination patterns and the relationship between frailty (according to Frailty Score 0-5) and muscular activation (in %) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| General correlation between occurring muscular coordination patterns and degree of frailty (according to Fried), age, and sex. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactYvonne Fait
Klinik für Altersmedizin - Medizinische Klinik VIUniklinik RWTH Aachen am Franziskus
Outcome results
None listed