Effect of Technology-assisted Physical Therapy for Patient With High Risk of Sarcopenia

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This research aims to identify whether the effects of video-assisted physical therapy, including home resistance training, is superior to traditional physical therapy, education leaflet for example. This is an interventional research, single-blind, randomized control trail. We recruit high risk of sarcopenia people (low muscle strength and low physical performance) Two groups of participants are divided into traditional group and video-assisted group, both group are taught the same resisted exercise by physical therapist.

Detailed Description
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Both group will record his/her baseline activity level with a given pedometer. After one week recording, we started initial evaluation (history taking, physical examination) and intervention. Participants are taught thera-band resisted exercise, including large musculature of upper and lower extremities, each exercise are conducted 10-15 times for 3 sets. Traditional group will receive an education leaflet and a notebook to record his/ her daily activity and frequency of exercise to record the compliance. Video-assisted group will receive a QR code, which contain a website of exercise video on the cloud. After 3 months intervention, participant will come back to our center for final examination.

Official Title
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Effect of Technology-assisted Physical Therapy for Patient With High Risk of Sarcopenia

Conditions
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Sarcopenia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: elastic band resisted exercise


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Age above 65 years old MMSE > 24 points walking more than 6 meters independently Exclusion Criteria: people who cannot participate for 3 -day exercise for each week

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

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


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Video-assisted group<br> | Other: elastic band resisted exercise<br>* muscle strengthening exercise, 10-15 times of each set, for 3 sets<br>* Other names: resisted exercise;|
| Active Comparator: Traditional group<br> | Other: elastic band resisted exercise<br>* muscle strengthening exercise, 10-15 times of each set, for 3 sets<br>* Other names: resisted exercise;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grip strength | use hand dynamometer to test maximal strength | three months after initial evaluation | 
| walking speed | walk for 4 meters to test the time that participant used | three months after initial evaluation | 
| Timed up-and-go test |  | three months after initial evaluation | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) |  | three months after initial evaluation | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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sarcopenia