Feasibility Clinical Study of NLA Tool-US

Completed

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

The study is to evaluate the feasibility of the NLA tool, a combined assessment of nutritional and physical functional status, to provide personalized advice for the independence and mobility of elderly.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01995682

Run by

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

People needed

154

Starts

2013-12-01

Expected to finish

2014-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-07

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• aged between 65 and 90 years,
• able to walk with or without walking aid,
• having obtained the subject's written informed consent
• free of cognitive impairment (3MSE),

You may not qualify if…

• self reported restriction to exercise(by a physician or other).
• unable to carry out performance tests and questionnaires correctly,
• self reported lower or upper extremity surgery or fracture in the last 3 months
• self-reported symptomatic coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction in last 6 months
• self reported history of neurological disease (e.g., Parkinson disease, stroke) with residual impairment
• uncontrolled hypertension (>150/90 mm Hg)
• self reported congestive heart failure
• unable to communicate in English. Non-English speaking individuals will be excluded due to safety concerns in being able to understand testing instructions.

Where it is running

• Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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