Intensity of Physical Activity Measured by Activity Monitors in Elderly Persons

N/ACompletedNCT02017847

Norwegian University of Science and Technology150 enrolled

Overview

Aim of this study is to identify intensity cut off points for physical activity in a population over the age of 70.

Activity monitors measure activity in counts. The higher the counts, the higher the intensity of the measured activity. In this study the count cut off points for low, moderate and high intensity activity will be investigated in a population of elderly people over the age of 70. This information will subsequently (in future studies) be used to investigate the physical activity patterns in a population of elderly over the age of 70 who have worn an activity monitor for a duration of 7 days.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

150

Conditions

Healthy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 70 YearsMax age: 76 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * ability to walk at least 1km, * born in 1938,1939,1940,1941 or 1942 * Sufficiently good health to be able to take part in the study, as determined by the researchers Exclusion Criteria: * Illness or disability that precludes exercise or hinders completion of the study * Uncontrolled hypertension * Symptomatic valve disease * hyper tropic cardio-myopathy * unstable angina * Active cancer * Test results indicating that study participation is unsafe * Inclusion in other studies conflicting with participation in this one

Locations (1)

NTNU, Faculty of Medicine Department, of Circulation and Medical Imaging

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Intensity of physical activity

measured in counts by activity monitors

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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