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A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial Evaluating a Resistance Training Intervention With Frail Older Adults in Residential Care: The Keeping Active in Residential Elderly Trial

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Swales B, Ryde GC & Whittaker AC (2022) A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial Evaluating a Resistance Training Intervention With Frail Older Adults in Residential Care: The Keeping Active in Residential Elderly Trial. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 30 (3), pp. 364-388. https://doi.org/10.1123/japa.2021-0130

Abstract
Frailty is associated with negative health outcomes, disability, and mortality. Physical activity is an effective intervention to improve functional health status. However, the effect of resistance training on multidimensional health in frail older adults remains unclear. This randomized controlled trial was conducted in a U.K. residential care home to assess feasibility with limited efficacy testing on health and functional outcomes and to inform a future definitive randomized controlled trial. Eleven frail older adults (>65 years) completed a 6-week machine-based resistance training protocol three times a week. Uptake and retention were greater than 80%. The measures and intervention were found to be acceptable and practicable. The analyses indicated large improvements in functional capacity, frailty, and strength in the intervention group compared with the controls. These findings support the feasibility of a definitive randomized controlled trial and reinforce the value of resistance training in this population. This trial was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03141879.

Keywords
care home residents; frailty; multidimensional health; physical function; strengthening exercise

Journal
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity: Volume 30, Issue 3

StatusPublished
FundersEuropean Commission (Horizon 2020)
Publication date30/06/2022
Publication date online11/09/2021
Date accepted by journal02/08/2021
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/33318
PublisherHuman Kinetics
ISSN1063-8652
eISSN1543-267X

People (2)

Ms Bridgitte Swales

Ms Bridgitte Swales

PhD Researcher, Sport

Professor Anna Whittaker

Professor Anna Whittaker

Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Sport