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| Interval-Brisk Walking in Healthy Older Adults |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN38841551 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov identifier | |
| Public title | Interval-Brisk Walking in Healthy Older Adults |
| Scientific title | |
| Acronym | N/A |
| Serial number at source | 3134 |
| Study hypothesis |
1. Can subjects be effectively recruited?
2. Can both exercise therapies (study and control) be safely employed in an older adult population? 3. Can strategies be developed to ensure acceptable patient compliance? 4. Can appropriate quality assurance initiatives (e.g. patient recruitment, staff training, data collection) be developed to ensure the successful completion of a larger study? |
| Lay summary | |
| Ethics approval | Not provided at time of registration |
| Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Countries of recruitment | United Kingdom |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Healthy older adults |
| Participants - inclusion criteria |
1. English literacy
2. Age 65 to 75 years 3. Accessible by telephone 4. Vision and hearing adequate to complete the tasks administered in this study 5. Signed informed consent (not by proxy) 6. Nonsmoker 7. At least 30 minutes of physical activity at least 3 days per week |
| Participants - exclusion criteria |
1. Orthopedic and gait influencing conditions (e.g. severe chronic low back pain)
2. Cognitive deficits (e.g. self-reported diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease) 3. Medical contraindication to exercise or severe coexisting disease which would interfere with performance 3.1. current cancer 3.2. major surgery within the last year 3.3. current infectious disease 3.4. recent unhealed fractures 3.5. disorders with a highly variable course (e.g. multiple sclerosis) 3.6. falls with fracture 3.7. recurrent falls 3.8. neurologic disease 3.9. seizure disorder 3.10. Huntington’s disease 3.11. Parkinson’s disease 3.12. hepatic failure 3.13. renal failure 3.14. cerebrovascular events 3.15. class A-3 or higher (American College of Sports Medicine [ACSM] 1998). |
| Anticipated start date | 23/06/2005 |
| Anticipated end date | 01/09/2005 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Patient information material | |
| Target number of participants | 10 |
| Interventions |
An interval-brisk-walking-training program consisting of three sessions per week for 4 weeks. The subjects will participate in a supervised indoor/outdoor training program consisting of repetitions of 30 seconds of brisk walking followed by 3 minutes of recovery walking.
The control group will attend a one-hour training session on the principles of exercise. Participants will be advised to perform moderate endurance exercise at home, such as walking, gardening and swimming three sessions per week for one month. |
| Primary outcome measure(s) |
1. Six-Minute Walk
2. Fifty-Foot Fast Walk |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) |
1. Stroop Color-Word Test
2. Symbol-Digits Modalities Test 3. Five-Minute Walk 4. Repeated Sit-to-Stand 5. Repeated Trunk Flexion 6. Dynamic Balance 7. Medical Outcomes Study Short-form Health Survey 36-items |
| Sources of funding | University of Southampton (UK) |
| Trial website | |
| Publications | |
| Contact name | Prof Maureen Simmonds |
| Address |
Professor and Director
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy McGill University 3654 Promenade Sir-William-Osler |
| City/town | Montreal, Quebec |
| Zip/Postcode | H3G 1Y5 |
| Country | Canada |
| Tel | +1 514 398 8864 |
| Fax | +1 514 398 5439 |
| maureen.simmonds@mcgill.ca | |
| Sponsor | University of Southampton (UK) |
| Address | Highfield |
| City/town | Southampton |
| Zip/Postcode | SO17 1BJ |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Tel | +44 (0)2380 59 8672 |
| Fax | +44 (0)2380 59 8671 |
| info@rso.soton.ac.uk | |
| Sponsor website: | http://www.soton.ac.uk/ |
| Date applied | 24/06/2005 |
| Last edited | 14/09/2009 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 28/07/2005 |
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