Clinical trial NCT06671847: Feasibility of At-Home Chair-Based Resistance Band Training to Improve Balance, Strength, and Bone Density in Older Adults
Official title: Feasibility of 24-Weeks of At-Home Chair-Based Resistance Band Training to Improve Balance, Strength, and Bone Density in Older Adults (ChaREx Study)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sarcopenic Obesity
Keywords: chair-based resistance band exercise
Lead sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-11-04
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of implementing a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention, to determine effectiveness of a the a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention in improving body composition and to determine the effectiveness of a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention in improving physical performance in adults 50 years and older, receiving care at the UT Physicians Center for Healthy Aging.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* English-speaking
* receive care at the UT Physician Center for Healthy Aging

Exclusion Criteria:

* inability to provide informed consent on their own
* presence of obvious signs of cognitive decline
* a diagnosis of dementia and inability to come to the clinic for the scheduled study visits.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility as assessed by the number of people who are able to follow the prescribed exercise regimen at least 50 percent of the time
timeFrame: end of study (24 weeks from baseline)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in body fat
timeFrame: baseline,6-months
measure: Change in bone mineral density (BMD) of the femoral neck and lumbar spine
timeFrame: baseline, 1 year from baseline
measure: Handgrip strength
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Handgrip strength
timeFrame: 1-month
measure: Handgrip strength
timeFrame: 3-months
measure: Handgrip strength
timeFrame: 6-months
measure: 60-second balance as assessed by the the Zibrio Stability Pro scale
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: 60-second balance as assessed by the the Zibrio Stability Pro scale
timeFrame: 1-month
measure: 60-second balance as assessed by the the Zibrio Stability Pro scale
timeFrame: 3-months
measure: 60-second balance as assessed by the the Zibrio Stability Pro scale
timeFrame: 6-months
measure: walking gait speed
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: walking gait speed
timeFrame: 1-month
measure: walking gait speed
timeFrame: 3-months
measure: walking gait speed
timeFrame: 6-months
measure: Blood level of pro-collagen type 1 N-telopeptide (P1NP)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Blood level of pro-collagen type 1 N-telopeptide (P1NP)
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Frailty as assessed by the Fried criteria
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Frailty as assessed by the Fried criteria
timeFrame: 1-month
measure: Frailty as assessed by the Fried criteria
timeFrame: 3-months
measure: Frailty as assessed by the Fried criteria
timeFrame: 6-months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
name: Nahid Rianon, MBBS, DrPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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