Effects of Resistance Exercise on Physical Fitness, Community Involvement, and Sleep Quality Among Community-dwelling Older People.

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Conditions studied: Community-dwelling Older Adults

In brief

Purpose: To examine physical fitness, community involvement, and sleep quality among community-dwelling older adults with metabolic dynapenia, and to analyze the effects of resistance exercise. A randomized experimental design was applied. Ninety-eight participants were purposively sampled from northern Taiwan and randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 49) or control group (n = 49). The experimental group received

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07742371

Run by

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

People needed

49

Starts

2025-09-01

Expected to finish

2026-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-03

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 1. Elderly community members with metabolic weakness 2. Conscious and able to communicate in writing or in Mandarin/Taiwanese 3. Only those who are willing to participate in this study after the research purpose has been explained can be enrolled 4. No exercise habits within the past three months

You may not qualify if…

• 1. Currently experiencing acute injury or fracture, or damage to the hip or knee joints, or having undergone surgery within the past month.
• Severe heart diseases: (heart stent implantation or bypass surgery), coronary artery disease, and those with a pacemaker.
• Severe vision or hearing problems that are sufficient to affect the testing process.
• Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score > 24 points.

Where it is running

• Su — Taipei County, Taiwan, Taiwan

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