CompletedNot Applicable

Active Retirement: Effects of the Application of a Training Program

Portugal160 participantsStarted 2021-09-01

Plain-language summary

The study will include 160 participants. They will be randomized into 2 groups, experimental and control. The intervention will take place over 24 weeks. Parameters of body composition, quality of life, physical activity, strength, flexibility, postural control, gait, agility and execution speed will be determined.

Who can participate

Age range55 Years – 80 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 55 years and 80 years; * Agree to participate in the study; * Healthy people; * People without prostheses (with the exception of dental prostheses); * People who have not been operated on for less than 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * People with musculoskeletal diagnosis; * People with problems in locomotion; * Psychiatric diseases and neurological disorders; * People with a clinical cardiovascular diagnosis.

What they're measuring

Body weight

Timeframe: 1 year

Height

Timeframe: 1 year

Lower limbs muscle strength

Timeframe: 1 year

Upper limbs muscle strength

Timeframe: 1 year

Lower limbs flexibility

Timeframe: 1 year

Upper limbs flexibility

Timeframe: 1 year

Postural control

Timeframe: 1 year

Gait

Timeframe: 1 year

Agility and execution speed

Timeframe: 1 year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05398354

SponsorUniversity of Évora

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-07-30

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