Translating 3-Step Workout for Life in a Local Senior Living Community

Overview

The study evaluates the feasibility of a staff-lead workout program, 3-Step Workout for Life, in a local senior living community. Eligible participants will complete assessments before and after the workout program.

Full Title of Study: “Translating 3-Step Workout for Life in a Local Senior Living Community: A Feasibility Study”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Prevention
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: December 31, 2017

Detailed Description

The 3-Step Workout for Life program is designed to help older adults improve muscle strength and apply the improved muscle strength to perform activities of daily living. The 10-week workout consists of single-joint resistance exercise, multiple-joint resistance exercise, and activities of daily living exercise. Participants will exercise in small groups in a community room as well as one-on-one with the fitness staff in their home. The community fitness staff will learn the 3-Step Workout for Life program from the University partner and deliver the program.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: 3-Step Workout for Life
    • a 10-week moderate exercise program

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: 3-Step Workout for Life
    • Participants will exercise at the moderate intensity three times a week for 10 weeks. The total of 30 workout sessions will consist of 18 sessions of group single-joint resistance exercise, 6 sessions of one-on-one multiple-joint resistance exercise, and 6 sessions of one-on-one activities of daily living exercise. During the resistance exercise sessions, participants will use resistance tubing to strengthen major muscle groups of the upper extremity and lower extremity. During the activities of daily living exercise, participants will practice daily tasks around the home. The community fitness staff will modify the task demand to increase the physical challenge of the task to each participant, for example, increasing travel distance.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)-the motor skill scale
    • Time Frame: 12 weeks
    • To measure motor ability required to competently complete daily activities

Secondary Measures

  • Box and Block Test
    • Time Frame: 12 weeks
    • To measure motor coordination of the upper extremity
  • Timed Up and Go
    • Time Frame: 12 weeks
    • To measure functional mobility
  • 30-second arm curl test
    • Time Frame: 12 weeks
    • To measure muscle strength of the upper extremity
  • 30-second chair stand test
    • Time Frame: 12 weeks
    • To measure muscle strength of the lower extremity
  • Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
    • Time Frame: 12 weeks
    • To measure self-perception of performance in everyday living

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 60 years old and above 2. Residents of the local study community 3. Communicable in English 4. Took more than 16 seconds to complete five chair stands with arms crossed at the chest. 5. Self-reported difficulty in performing one or more activities of daily living, which must include difficulty in feeding/eating, dressing, grooming/personal hygiene, bathing/showering, using the toilet, or functional mobility/transfer. Exclusion Criteria:

1. Aged above 90 years old. 2. Unwilling to commit to the study program 3 sessions per week for 10 weeks. 3. Plan to move away from the current community in 6 months. 4. Having three or more errors on a six-item cognitive impairment screener. 5. Having any terminal illness, cardiovascular, neurological, psychiatric, orthopedic, or cognitive impairments that are contraindications to participating in an exercise program. 6. The difficulty of performing activities of daily living is due to neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, Parkinson's), orthopedic conditions (e.g, amputees), or sensory deficits (diabetic palsy, low vision). 7. Physician's recommendation of no moderate physical exercise. 8. Receiving home health rehabilitation therapy or exercise at moderate intensity for more than twice a week (last more than 20 minutes each time).

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 60 Years

Maximum Age: 90 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Indiana University
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Liu, Chiung-ju (CJ), Associate Professor – Indiana University
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Chiung-ju Liu, Principal Investigator, Indiana University School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

References

Liu CJ, Jones LY, Formyduval A RM, Clark DO. Task-Oriented Exercise to Reduce Activities of Daily Living Disability in Vulnerable Older Adults: A Feasibility Study of the 3-Step Workout for Life. J Aging Phys Act. 2016 Jul;24(3):384-92. doi: 10.1123/japa.2015-0070. Epub 2015 Nov 19.

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