Clinical trial NCT06107855: Low-dose Maximal-intent Versus Controlled-tempo Resistance Training on Quality-of-life in Adults
Official title: Comparison of Low-dose Maximal-intent Versus Controlled-tempo Resistance Training on Quality-of-life, Functional Capacity, and Strength in Untrained Healthy Adults: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Quality of Life
Keywords: Activities of Daily Living
Balance
Independence
Mobility
Untrained
Lead sponsor: Northumbria University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-10-30
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 59
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aims of this study were to:

1. Compare the effects of low-dose Maximal Intent and Controlled Tempo Resistance Training on untrained healthy adults' quality-of-life, functional capacity, and strength.
2. Qualitatively explore perceptions of Maximal Intent and Controlled Tempo Resistance Training.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants were eligible if they were between 30-60 years old
* Uninjured
* Had no cardiovascular or neuromuscular conditions
* Had not participated in lower-limb RT in the previous six months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants were excluded if they had either taken part in any lower-limb RT in the last six months
* Had underlying health condition(s) that prevented them from participating in RT
* Regularly met or exceeded the UK recommended PA guideline of 150-minutes of moderate to intense PA per week.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality-of-life
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Balance
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
measure: 6-minute Walk Test (6MWT)
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
measure: Timed-up-and-go (TUG)
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
measure: 30-second sit-to-stand (30s-STS)
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
measure: Strength (1RM)
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
measure: BMI
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
measure: Strength-to-mass
timeFrame: The time frame for my testing intervals will be conducted at specific time points: at baseline, Week 1, Week 4, and Week 9, out of a total study duration of 9 weeks.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Newcastle
country: United Kingdom
facility: Nortuhmbria University
state: Tyne And Wear
Study officials:
affiliation: Northumbria University
name: Gill Barry, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Pearson LT, Behm DG, Goodall S, Mason R, Stuart S, Barry G. Effects of maximal-versus submaximal-intent resistance training on functional capacity and strength in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2022 Jul 16;14(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s13102-022-00526-x.