Status:
UNKNOWN
Brisk Walking Study in Nursing Home Residents
Lead Sponsor:
Clinique Mutualiste Chirurgicale de la Loire
Collaborating Sponsors:
University Hospital of Saint-Etienne
University of Lyon
Conditions:
Physical Activity
Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
It is well established that physical activity reduces the physiological effects of ageing. Among them, the decrease of the autonomic nervous system activity (ANS) is associated with the increase of ca...
Detailed Description
The investigators aim to compare the effects of a 9 month brisk walking training (1 time a week or 3 times a week) on the ANS of nursing home residents.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Being over 60 years old
- Living in a nursing home of Mutualité Française de la Loire, France
- Being able to walk without human aid
- Being able to speak and write French
- Being inactive (less than 1 hours of physical activity per week)
- Having a normal sinus rhythm
- Being affiliated to the social welfare system
- Signing the informed consent form
Exclusion
- Having serious balance disorders
- Suffering from cardiac or respiratory pathologies that contraindicate physical activity
- Serious comorbidities contraindicating physical activity
- Diagnosed cardiac pathologies that prevent heart rate variability analysis: congestive heart failure, cardiac pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, serious ventricular rhythm troubles, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter.
- Persons under legal protection
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03302923
Start Date
June 1 2016
End Date
November 30 2019
Last Update
May 9 2018
Active Locations (1)
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French Loire Mutuality
Saint-Etienne, France, 42100