Resistance exercise in older people
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Resistance exercise training at different intensities in healthy and frail older people: A feasibility study
IRAS ID
236559
Contact name
Stuart R Gray
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Research & Development
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
After the age of 40-45 years muscle mass and function progressively decline, reducing older peoples’ abilities to perform tasks of daily living and also increase the risk of falls. It is known that, across the life course, resistance exercise can be of benefit in increasing muscle mass and function, yet how hard the exercise should be performed has received little attention. Current recommendations are for older people to perform exercise at 70% of the maximum they can lift, quite a high intensity that often puts older people off participating. Recent evidence in younger people has suggested that such intensities are not required.
We aim to determine the feasibility of a study to investigate recruitment and adherence of older people to a study of exercise training at different intensities.
REC name
London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/LO/0595
Date of REC Opinion
3 May 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion