Effects of Fun Physical Activity on the Interest to Daily Physical Activity and Sarcopenia of Elderly People

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In this research, the elderly living in nursing homes were selected in two group control and intervention. Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc).

Detailed Description
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Have of a healthy life with minimal complications in this period. Most important issue in improving the health and quality of life of the elderly is maintain their independence in physical activity. World Health Organization (WHO) is believed that, the first indicator of the health of a society is physical activity of the society. The studies show that sarcopenia leads to a decrease in the function and increase of disability 2/1 male and 3/1 are older women. sarcopenia leads to some perturbation such as, movement disorders, impaired balance, the incidence of inflammatory disease and dementia. In this reserch, the elderly living in nursing homes were selected in two group control and intervention. Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises. (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc).

Official Title
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Mashhad University Medical of Sciences

Conditions
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Activity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Fun exercise
* Other: fun exercise


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: age more than 60 year Exclusion Criteria: absence more than 3 session training

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 60 Years
Maximum Age: 70 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Fun exercise<br>effect of fun physical exercise on sarcopenia | Other: Fun exercise<br>* Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc)<br>Other: fun exercise<br>* Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc)<br>|
| Experimental: fun exercise<br>effect of fun physical exercise on interest in exercise | Other: Fun exercise<br>* Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc)<br>Other: fun exercise<br>* Intervention group 3 times a week for 20 minutes during 2 months, fun physical exercises (including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc)<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| interest of daily physical activity | including activities carried out with the use of sports equipment such as beach ball, stretch, bird toys, etc that will be measured with Exercise Dependence Scale-21 Manual(EDS) | one month |