The overall aim of the proposed project is to improve muscle strength in older adults with possible sarcopenia by promoting home-based progressive resistance exercise. The target population for health talks is community-dwelling older adults. A Three monthly home-visits and weekly phone calls will be made. A waitlist randomised controlled trial will be conducted to evaluate effectiveness, and qualitative feedback will be collected from participants. A pilot study will be conducted first.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
42
The intervention is to be taught by fitness trainer at the participants' home at the start of each phase. The exercise progression model for older adults recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine, which emphasise gradual increments in training load and systematically alter one or more programme components, will be adopted.
Community
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Change in lower-limb muscle strength at 12 weeks from baseline
Measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), higher score indicates better performance
Time frame: 12 weeks after baseline
Change in lower-limb muscle strength at 24 weeks from baseline
Measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), higher score indicates better performance
Time frame: 24 weeks after baseline
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