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High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance and Mental Health in Elderly With Sarcopenia
Sponsor: Cairo University
Summary
Sixty patients with age ranged from 60 to 70 years old with individuals who will be found to have sarcopenia will participate in the study, and will be recruited from nursing home in AL-Abadiyah. Patients will be assigned into two equal groups randomly: Group(A):N= 30 Patients in this group will receive high-intensity functional training exercises 3 times per week for 10 weeks. The initial duration of each session was 30 min, and it could be increased progressively, along with the intensity of the exercises, up to 50 min. All sessions included the following: i. 5 min warm-up ii. 40 min functional training exercises. iii. 5 min cool-down. Group (B): N=30 Patients in this group will receive sham exercises. Sham interventions are methodological tools used to treat participants in the study arm and the control arm in exactly the same way, except that the study group receives an active substance and the control group does not.
Official title: Effect of High-Intensity Functional Training on Physical Performance and Mental Health in Elderly With Sarcopenia
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - 70 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2026-03-01
Completion Date
2026-07-01
Last Updated
2026-02-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
High-Intenisity Functional Training
A) Awarm up: for 5 min.warm-up (predominantly stretching) of the neck, shoulders, lower back, hips, knees and ankles. B) Functional training exercises: The participants will be initially instructed to complete up to one set of 8 maximum repetitions for each type of exercise with first and second week, followed by two sets of 8 maximum repetitions in the third and fourth week, Then three sets of 12 maximum repetitions from the fifth week untile the end of the study. I. Sit to stand( Chair squats) II. Wall push up III. Overhead triceps extension IV. Leg kickbacks V. Wood chops exercise VI. Farmer's Carry training C) A cool down: for 5 min slow continuation of the activity, allows a more gradual reduction in heart rate and increased peripheral vascular resistance, with return of blood flow from the periphery Farmer's Carry training
Sham
The participants in the control group will receive sham exercises that is commonly administrated as a light touch in the body or mimics the active treatment and aims at blinding of participants.
Locations (1)
Faculty of Physical Therapy
Giza, Egypt