What this means
This is a plan for a study, and it has not started enrolling people yet. It does not show whether the exercise works, since no results have been posted.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 60–80 · 24 adults in one part and 60 adults in another, aged 60 to 80
- Where
- 1 site, including Texas
The science
- Registered title
- Time Efficient Exercise to Reverse Sarcopenia and Improve Cardio-metabolic Health
- Trial ID
- NCT04641117 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Exercise Training and Sarcopenia
- What is tested
- Exercise
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
- Ages
- 60 Years to 80 Years
- Dates
- First posted Nov 23, 2020 · updated Nov 23, 2020
Registry summary
Participants will be 60-80 y men and women who vary their physical activity (steps/day) while their lipid metabolism is studied (n=24). Thereafter, another group (n=60) will perform 6 months of exercise training focused on developing maximal cycling power, during which their changes in muscle mass and practical function will be carefully measured.
Sites (1)
- University of Texas at Austin Human Performance Laboratory, Austin, Texas, United States