Muscle Strength and Functional Autonomy of Elderly Women

Muscle, Ligament and Fascia Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Muscle Strength and Functional Autonomy of Normo-IGF-1 Elderly Women With Skeletal Muscle Dysfunctions

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01553396
• Other study ID #: 0165/2008
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 7, 2012
• Last updated: March 13, 2012
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: April 2009

Study information

• Verified date: March 2012
• Source: Euro-American Network of Human Kinetics
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study shows an evaluation of the correlation between the muscle strength levels and functional autonomy of elderly women.

Description:

The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between the muscle strength levels and functional autonomy of elderly women with impaired muscle-skeletal system depending on the normal IGF-1 level. The target-population was composed by elderly women aged between 60 and 75 years (age: 67.79 ± 5.11 years, BMI: 28.01 ± 5.4), residents of an asylum, with IGF-1 levels within the normal values for the age (normo-IGF-1). Evaluations of the muscle strength (1-RM test) and the functional autonomy (GDLAM Protocol) in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL), and a measurement of basal serum levels of IGF-1 (Chemiluminescence method) were performed.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 35
• Est. completion date: April 2009
• Est. primary completion date: February 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 60 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• present a muscle-skeletal dysfunction, such as osteoporosis, arthritis, tendinitis, but being able to perform their ADL without help from others;

• did not practice physical activity for at least 12 months;

• provide a normal IGF-1 level for their age;

Exclusion Criteria:

• elderly women unfit to perform the strength and functional autonomy tests for the medical assessment;

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle, Ligament and Fascia Disorders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Euro-American Network of Human Kinetics