Clinical trial NCT02337803: Band Together: Randomized Control Trial
Official title: Band Together: Randomized Control Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Age 65 and Older
Strength Training
Keywords: Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-01-14
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study will aim to determine the effectiveness of a strength training program using resistance bands to increase strength in adults ≥65 years old

Detailed description: Older adults in the US are in a difficult situation that is historically unprecedented. People born in 1930 were expected to live to age 59, yet they will live to an average age of 79. These dramatic survival increases, due to immunizations, antibiotics and other innovations \[Centers for Disease, 2011\], have occurred at the same time as dramatic reductions in daily energy expenditures, due to automobiles, washing machines and other labor-saving devices \[Archer, 2013\]. This has left adults living longer, yet weaker, less fit and more obese. In fact, most residents of nursing homes are not there because of dementia. Only 40% of long-term care facility residents in 2010 were diagnosed with dementia \[Caffrey, 2012\] and many of whom had a level of dementia which would not require nursing home placement by itself. Most residents of long-term care facilities, rather, are there because they lack the strength and fitness to care for themselves. As baby boomers retire, these factors are anticipated to greatly increase the need for long-term care, highlighted in a report from a Deloitte Consulting in 2010: "Medicaid Long-term Care: The ticking time bomb" \[Keckley, 2010\]. This pilot study will measure a significant increase in strength with the use of a 12 week strength training program.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Fluently read and speak English
* Willing to drive 3 times a week to Hershey Medical Center for most weeks
* Have a primary care physician
* Currently exercise ≤60 min per week

Exclusion Criteria:

* Doctor has said you have a heart condition and should only do physical activity recommended by doctor
* Feel pain in chest when doing physical activity
* Unable to obtain doctor's consent
* Currently participating in an exercise program
* Plans to move in the next 6 months
* Weight \> 250
* Currently exercise ≥60 min per week

Primary outcomes:
measure: One Repetition Maximum
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Bow and Arrow Strength Test
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Hand Grip Test
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
measure: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: National Health Interview Surveys
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE)
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Cognitive Impairment Questionnaire
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Locations:
city: Hershey
country: United States
facility: Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
name: Christopher Sciamanna, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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