Optimizing Strength Training in Older Adults
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Brief summary
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The objective of the current study is to determine whether lifting lighter loads close to failure improves strength training adaptations and function in older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. The effect of light loads on physical function 2. The effect of light loads on muscle mass, power, and strength Researchers will compare a light-load, high-repetition program to a standard strength training program. Participants will perform supervised strength training twice per week for 20 weeks.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06812143
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 68 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 65 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 4, 2025
- Primary completion
- Dec 24, 2026
- Completion
- Jan 24, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jul 29, 2025
2025 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise & Aging Lab, Queens College | Flushing | New York | 11367 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Jul 29, 2025 · Synced Sep 9, 2026
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