What this means
This trial plans to test whether three months of aerobic and resistance exercise helps frail older adults. It has not reported results, so we do not yet know if it works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 60–90 · Older adults with physical frailty, enrollment still open
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Enhancing Physical Reserve to Promote Resilience in Physically Frail Older Adults
- Trial ID
- NCT07513701 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Frailty at Older Adults
- What is tested
- Aerobic and resistance training, Usual Care
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Ages
- 60 Years to 90 Years
- Dates
- First posted Apr 7, 2026 · updated Sep 25, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the efficacy of combined aerobic and resistance training in enhancing physical reserve in older adults with physical frailty. Investigator contend that enhanced physical reserve will enable preservation of cognitive and physical function. The main questions aims to answer are: (1) Compared with usual care (i.e., CON), will 3-month aerobic and resistance training (ATRT) improve physical reserve in older adults with physical frailty? (2) Compared with CON, will ATRT lead to changes in the neural network organization? (3) Will improved physical reserve lead to better maintenance of cognitive and physical functioning in spite of presence of white matter hyperintensities (WMH)?
Sites (1)
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong