Sarcopenia and Aging

Sarcopenia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Sarcopenia and Aging

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00907010
• Other study ID #: 088/08
• Secondary ID: 088/08
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 19, 2009
• Last updated: May 20, 2009
• Start date: February 2008
• Est. completion date: October 2008

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: Universidade de Franca
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: Evaluate the muscular strength in the ageing process and identify the changes between the abdominal muscles, upper and louver edges.

Method: 48 individuals participated in this study, being divided into four groups according to the age: (G1) 11to 18 years old, (G2) 20 to 26 years old, (G3) 45 to 60 years old and (G4) 66 - 82 years old. The excluding criterion included people who work out more than three times a week, severe arthrosin, stroke, significant cognitive deficit , obesity, use of ortheses for louver members or any break, with or without metallic implant. The evaluation instruments used were: (1) Esfigmomanômetro (EM), (2) Trunk flexor in the supine position,, (3) Jamar Dinamômetro and (4) Preston Pinch Gauge Dinamômetro.

Description:

Forty-eight subjects participated voluntarily in this work and is divided into four groups of 12 participants with 6 men and 6 women: (G1) 11 to 18 years (G2) 20 to 26 years (G3) from 45 to 60 and (G4) 66 to 82 years, selected in dependency of Unifran and residences of the city of Franca, Sao Paulo - Brazil. To evaluate muscle strength, a BD sphygmomanometer was used to analyze the strength of flexors and extensors of the knee. The Jamar Dynamometer was used to assess the functional integrity of the upper and Preston Pinch Gauge Dynamometer for evaluation of gripper hands.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: October 2008
• Est. primary completion date: August 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 11 Years to 82 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• absence of the basic pathology that interferes directly in the muscle

Exclusion Criteria:

• people who work out more than three times a week

• severe arthrosin

• stroke

• significant cognitive deficit

• obesity

• use of ortheses for louver members or any break

• with or without metallic implant

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Sarcopenia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade de Franca