Physical Functional Performance
Conditions
Interventions
This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with longitudinal intervention involving 45 elderly individuals (=60 years) of both sexes, recruited from the community for convenience. Participants wil
Sponsors
Centro de Educação Física e Desportos da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Centro de Educação Física e Desportos da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age 60 or older; both sexes; not practicing any type of regular and systematic physical exercise more than once a week during the six months prior to the start of the study; availability to participate in all stages of the research, walking independently and without difficulty in locomotion
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Obtaining a score of 26 or less on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); having a musculoskeletal injury that prevents the performance of exercises; a history of severe cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, metabolic disorders, and/or low visual acuity; having a training program attendance rate below 80% and/or missing four or more consecutive exercise sessions according to the records
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvements are expected in overall cognitive function and in specific domains (e.g., memory and attention, executive function, etc.) through the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Verbal Fluency Test, Scenery Picture Memory Test, and the Timed Up and Go Cognitive Test, based on an increase in the MoCA score or an improvement in performance on the specific tests | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| An improvement in the participants' physical performance and functional capacity is expected, as verified by the Sit-to-Stand Test, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, 10-meter Walk Test, Unipodal Stance Test, and Handgrip Strength, based on an increase in physical performance in pre- and post-intervention measurements;An increase in lean body mass and a reduction in fat mass are expected, as determined by in-body bioimpedance analysis, based on the observation of variations in pre- and post-intervention measurements | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCarlos Reis
Centro de Educação Física e Desportos da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Outcome results
None listed