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Active elderly and health—can moderate exercise improve health and wellbeing in older adults? Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
- Source :
- Trials, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021), Trials
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central Ltd, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Aging is marked by a progressive rise in chronic diseases with an impact on social and healthcare costs. Physical activity (PA) may soothe the inconveniences related to chronic diseases, has positive effects on the quality of life and biological rhythms, and can prevent the decline in motor functions and the consequent falls, which are associated with early death and disability in older adults. Methods We randomized 120 over-65 males and females into groups of similar size and timing and will give each either moderate physical activity or cultural and recreational activities. Being younger than 65 years, inability to participate in physical activity for any medical reason, and involvement in a massive program of physical exercise are the exclusion criteria. The primary outcome measures are: quality of life, walking speed, and postural sway. Participants are tested at baseline, post-treatment, and 6-month (24 weeks) and 12-month (48 weeks) follow-ups. Discussion This study aims at improving the quality of life, wellness, and cognitive functioning in the elderly through a low-cost affordable program of moderate physical activity. Given the growing aging of the world population and the social and economic burden of disability in the elderly, our results might have a major impact on future practices. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03858114. Registered on 28 February 2019.
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Quality of life
Male
Medicine (General)
Aging
Cognition
Depression
Physical activity
RCT
Accidental Falls
Aged
Exercise Therapy
Female
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Exercise
Quality of Life
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Physical exercise
law.invention
Study Protocol
03 medical and health sciences
R5-920
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
Health care
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Cognitive skill
aging
physical activity
quality of life
cognition
depression
Depression (differential diagnoses)
business.industry
Preferred walking speed
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Trials, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021), Trials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f2dd8c1902781b2252226341253c4ef8