A Comparison of Weighted Vest Exercise and Strength Training

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Mobility Limitations, Aging

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate two types of exercise therapy designed to improve muscle power and mobility: weighted vest exercise vs. progressive resistance training.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00158119

Run by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

People needed

160

Starts

2001-07-01

Expected to finish

2007-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-07-26

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Community dwelling men and women aged 65 or older
• Ability to provide informed consent
• Impairment in physical performance, based on a score between 4 and 10 inclusive on the SPPB (Short Physical Performance Battery), which evaluates standing balance, walking speed, and chair-rise time
• Score of 24 or greater on the Folstein mini-mental status exam
• Exhibit independent stair-climbing ability

You may not qualify if…

• Unstable acute or chronic disease
• Neuromusculoskeletal impairment interfering with independent stair climbing
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Exertional angina
• History of ventricular arrhythmia
• Inguinal or abdominal hernia
• Symptomatic valvular heart disease

Where it is running

• Spaulding Cambridge Outpatient Center — Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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