Home-based lower-leg power training to improve muscle and balance in older adults

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This single-blind randomized controlled trial will enroll 40 community-dwelling adults aged 65–80 and randomly assign them to an experimental group or a control group. The experimental group will complete 24 sessions of home-based lower extremity power training while the control group will receive usual care or no specific intervention. Primary outcomes include measures of lower-extremity muscle power, functional performance, and balance assessed at baseline and after the intervention. Participants must have MMSE ≥24, use a smartphone routinely, and be free of recent lower-limb injury or unstable cardiovascular, neurological, or metabolic conditions.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* 65\~80 years old community-dwelling adults
* MMSE≥24
* Use smart phone routinely

Exclusion Criteria:

* Recent (\<1 year) musculoskeletal injury or disability in the lower limbs
* Unstable cardiovascular, neurological disease, or metabolic disease interfering with participating in the study

Where it's running

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
  Taipei, Taiwan Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Ray-Yau Wang, PhD — National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• Study coordinator: Ray-Yau Wang, PhD
• Email: rywang@nycu.edu.tw
• Phone: +88628267210

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.