Band Together: Randomized Control Trial

Strength Training Clinical Trial

Official title:

Band Together: Randomized Control Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02337803
• Other study ID #: IRB1056
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 8, 2015
• Last updated: October 11, 2017
• Start date: August 2015
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study will aim to determine the effectiveness of a strength training program using resistance bands to increase strength in adults ≥65 years old

Description:

Older adults in the US are in a difficult situation that is historically unprecedented. People born in 1930 were expected to live to age 59, yet they will live to an average age of 79. These dramatic survival increases, due to immunizations, antibiotics and other innovations [Centers for Disease, 2011], have occurred at the same time as dramatic reductions in daily energy expenditures, due to automobiles, washing machines and other labor-saving devices [Archer, 2013]. This has left adults living longer, yet weaker, less fit and more obese. In fact, most residents of nursing homes are not there because of dementia. Only 40% of long-term care facility residents in 2010 were diagnosed with dementia [Caffrey, 2012] and many of whom had a level of dementia which would not require nursing home placement by itself. Most residents of long-term care facilities, rather, are there because they lack the strength and fitness to care for themselves. As baby boomers retire, these factors are anticipated to greatly increase the need for long-term care, highlighted in a report from a Deloitte Consulting in 2010: "Medicaid Long-term Care: The ticking time bomb" [Keckley, 2010]. This pilot study will measure a significant increase in strength with the use of a 12 week strength training program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fluently read and speak English

• Willing to drive 3 times a week to Hershey Medical Center for most weeks

• Have a primary care physician

• Currently exercise =60 min per week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Doctor has said you have a heart condition and should only do physical activity recommended by doctor

• Feel pain in chest when doing physical activity

• Unable to obtain doctor's consent

• Currently participating in an exercise program

• Plans to move in the next 6 months

• Weight > 250

• Currently exercise =60 min per week

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Age 65 and Older
• Strength Training

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Strength Training Program
The strength training program consists of 6 exercises using resistance bands three times a week
• Usual Care
Will continue daily physical activity and complete surveys online

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center	Hershey	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)	survey	12 weeks
Other	National Health Interview Surveys	survey	12 weeks
Other	Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE)	survey	12 weeks
Other	Cognitive Impairment Questionnaire	survey	12 weeks
Primary	One Repetition Maximum		12 weeks
Secondary	Bow and Arrow Strength Test		12 weeks
Secondary	Hand Grip Test		12 weeks