Aged Physical Fitness
Conditions
Interventions
This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with two parallel arms (intervention and control). After the baseline assessment, 40 eligible older adults will be randomly allocated into two groups usi
Sponsors
Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório de Atividade Física e Promoção da Saúde - LABSAU
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Older adults aged 60 years or older; both sexes; referred by the Open University for Older Adults of the State University of Rio de Janeiro; presenting good clinical health status; ability to perform activities of daily living independently; eligible for participation in physical exercise after pre-exercise screening
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Presence of uncontrolled cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, or metabolic diseases that contraindicate physical exercise; musculoskeletal limitations that prevent safe execution of the proposed exercises; use of medications or clinical conditions that pose risk during physical exercise; cognitive impairment that prevents understanding and execution of study procedures; concurrent participation in a structured physical training program
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An improvement in functional fitness in older adults is expected after the intervention, assessed by a battery of functional tests encompassing lower and upper limb strength and endurance, flexibility, dynamic balance and agility, as well as functional aerobic capacity, with comparisons performed between pre-intervention and post-intervention moments | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness assessed by a cardiopulmonary exercise test performed on a cycle ergometer with direct measurement of ventilatory and metabolic variables is expected; an increase in maximal muscle strength assessed by one repetition maximum tests for upper and lower limb exercises; an improvement in muscle power assessed by mechanical variables obtained during the execution of resistance exercises; favorable changes in body composition assessed by body densitometry; improvement in submaximal cardiorespiratory variables obtained during the cardiopulmonary exercise test and improved cognitive performance (executive functions/attention) assessed by the Stroop test, with comparisons performed between pre-intervention and post-intervention moments | — |
Countries
BR
Contacts
Public Contact?Adriano de Oliveira
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ
Outcome results
None listed