Clinical trial NCT01558401: Efficiency of Physical Activity on the Physical Condition of Elderly Women
Official title: Effects of an Adapted Physical Activity Program on the Physical Condition of Elderly Women: an Analysis of Efficiency
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging
Keywords: physical activity
elderly
women
efficiency
Lead sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-03-20
Enrollment: 120
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects and the efficiency of an adapted physical activity program as regards the physical condition of older Brazilian women.

Detailed description: Although physical activity programs for the elderly have proved to be able to curb harmful changes due to ageing, not all programs show the same effectiveness, even though they are generally regarded as being effective. The existence of a wide variety of programs calls for debate about their outcomes.

Specific research tools and designs can assist in identifying not only program effectiveness but also program efficiency and use in terms of a better physical performance of subjects on carrying out exercises with less effort, influenced by multiple factors, one of them being adherence to the program. These analyses allow the influence of efficiency and the factors that determine it or are associated with it to be tested, and can provide classifications and subgroups to which interventions should be adapted if they are to offer the best service to them in the short and medium term.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 60 or more years
* participants of an Adult Revitalization Program in São Carlos (São Paulo State - Brazil)

Exclusion Criteria:

* physical characteristics and previous health problems that might hinder their participation in the program activities.
* adherence to the program sessions lower than 75%.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Grip strength
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Sit-and-Reach Test
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Static balance
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Dynamic balance
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: VO2max
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sao Carlos
country: Brazil
facility: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
state: Sao Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
name: José R. Rebelatto, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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citation: Greve P, Wanderley FDS, Rebelatto JR. The effects of periodic interruptions of physical activities on the physical capacities of adult active women. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2009 Sep-Oct;49(2):268-271. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.09.009. Epub 2008 Nov 6.
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citation: Alburquerque-Sendin F, Barberio-Mariano E, Brandao-Santana N, Rebelatto DA, Rebelatto JR. Effects of an adapted physical activity program on the physical condition of elderly women: an analysis of efficiency. Rev Bras Fisioter. 2012 Jul-Aug;16(4):328-36. doi: 10.1590/s1413-35552012005000025. Epub 2012 Jun 14.