Active Retirement: Effects of the Application of a Training Program
Condition: Training; Sensorimotor Disorder
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The study will include 160 participants. They will be randomized into 2 groups, experimental
      and control. The intervention will take place over 24 weeks. Parameters of body composition,
      quality of life, physical activity, strength, flexibility, postural control, gait, agility
      and execution speed will be determined.
    

Detailed description: 
      The intervention study will have a quasi-experimental, longitudinal and controlled design.
      The sample will participate in a supervised training program lasting 24 weeks, followed by a
      1-year follow-up period. The sample will be divided into two groups, intervention group and
      control group.

      The variables under study are physical activity in the last week; quality of life; lower and
      upper limb strength; flexibility of the lower and upper limbs; postural control; march;
      agility and execution speed. These variables will be evaluated in 4 moments: before the
      beginning of the training program; after 24 weeks of the program; after 6 months from the end
      of the program; and after 1 year.

      A convenience sample will be recruited in the community of Almada, in partnership with the
      Municipality of Almada (CMA). The sample will be recruited according to the following
      inclusion criteria: residents in the municipality of Almada, individuals between 55 and 80
      years of age, healthy people, who do not have prostheses (with the exception of dental
      prostheses), who have not undergone operations for over 6 months, and who can walk
      independently for up to 10 minutes. Participants will not be eligible if they are younger
      than 55 years of age or older than 80 years of age, have a musculoskeletal or neurological
      diagnosis and report a clinical cardiovascular diagnosis. Gender is not an exclusion
      criterion.

      The training program will be carried out over a period of 24 weeks, with exercise sessions
      twice a week, lasting approximately 45 minutes each. The sessions were divided into three
      phases: initial phase; fundamental phase; and return to calm. Throughout the intervention,
      the sensorimotor training program will have a progressive increase in load, the exercises
      will be divided into 3 levels of intensity: easy, intermediate and advanced.
    

Intervention name(s): Active retirement
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): During the intervention, the sensorimotor training program will have a progressive increase in load, the exercises will be divided into 3 levels of intensity: easy (without external load, during the first 8 weeks), intermediate (application of external load: elastic bands, shin guards and free weights, from the 9th to the 16th week) and advanced (increased external load compared to the previous level, from the 17th to the 24th week).
During the sessions we will still assess the intensity through the subjective perception of effort (RPE) scale. In addition, adherence and control of the level of control through the Physical Activity Enjoyment (PACES) survey applied to participants.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: aging; quality of life; sensory motor; training