{"type":"trials","record":{"id":90648,"source_id":"clinicaltrials-gov","external_id":"NCT03258827","title":"Outcome of Exercise With a Towel in Elderly With Sarcopenia","brief_summary":"As the proportion of older adults increases, elderly-related issues attract more attention. Sarcopenia is one of the popular elderly-related issues. Sarcopenia may induce decreased muscle strength, poor physical activity, even disability and increase rate of hospitalization and mortality. Therefore, we want to figure out the management for decreasing prevalence of sarcopenia in older adults. This trial is planned to perform during 2017/08/01\\~2017/12/31. We plan to enroll 60 elderlies who are sarcopenia. These patient will be divided into 2 group randomize. Experimental group will be received a set of exercise, composed by warm-up, strengthening training with a towel, cold-down, 60 minutes per time, 3 times per week. Control group will be suggested home-based walking activity. We will evaluate the patient's functional performance three times, before training, after training, post-training for three months, respectively. These results will be analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA.","overall_status":"Completed","phases":[],"study_type":"INTERVENTIONAL","sponsor":"Chang Gung Memorial Hospital","enrollment":53,"countries":["Taiwan"],"start_date":"2017-09-01","completion_date":"2018-06-30","last_update_date":"2018-07-18","source_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03258827","editorial_summary":"A registered study indexed because it matched monitored longevity research terms. Registry status: Completed. Registration does not establish safety or effectiveness.","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T04:15:35.799123+00:00","last_seen_at":"2026-09-25T04:15:35.417+00:00","metadata":{"sex":"ALL","acronym":null,"age_range":"65 Years to 85 Years","comparator":"Home-based exercise","organization":"Chang Gung Memorial Hospital","interventions":["Exercise with a towel","Home-based exercise"],"registry_source":"ClinicalTrials.gov","outcome_measures":["Fat mass — Baseline","Fat-free mass — Baseline","Bone mineral density — Baseline","Maximal grip strength — Baseline","Walking speed — Baseline","Timed up and go test — Baseline","Times of stand-up and sit-down within 30 seconds — Baseline","6 minutes walking test — Baseline","Berg balance test — Baseline","Fat mass — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Fat mass — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Fat-free mass — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Fat-free mass — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Bone mineral density — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Bone mineral density — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Maximal grip strength — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Maximal grip strength — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Walking speed — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Walking speed — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Timed up and go test — Change between baseline and 3 month after training"],"design_description":"NON RANDOMIZED · PARALLEL · TREATMENT · SINGLE","source_has_results":false},"controlled_terms":["Sarcopenia","Exercise with a towel","Home-based exercise"],"relevance_confidence":100,"source_quality_score":100,"freshness_score":50,"publication_state":"published","match_explanation":"Title contains controlled term: sarcopenia.","quality_checked_at":"2026-09-25T04:15:37.666886+00:00","duplicate_cluster_key":"id:nct03258827","duplicate_of_id":null,"evidence_snapshot":{"status":"structured","version":1,"duration":"2017-09-01 to 2018-06-30","comparator":"Home-based exercise","confidence":"structured-source","population":"ALL · 65 Years to 85 Years","provenance":{"duration":"start_date and completion_date","comparator":"registry arm fields","population":"registry eligibility fields","intervention":"registry intervention fields","participants":"enrollment","study_design":"study_type and registry design fields","evidence_stage":"phases","reported_outcome":"not available","outcomes_measured":"registry outcome-measure fields"},"generated_at":"2026-09-25T04:15:35.424Z","intervention":["Exercise with a towel","Home-based exercise"],"participants":53,"study_design":"NON RANDOMIZED · PARALLEL · TREATMENT · SINGLE","subject_scope":"Human clinical study registration","evidence_stage":"Phase not reported","safety_context":"Eligibility, adverse-event details, and clinical decisions must be checked in the official registry and with qualified clinicians.","source_support":"Structured registry protocol metadata; no finding-level conclusion is generated.","main_limitation":"This is a study registration. No reusable structured result is available here, so it cannot show whether the intervention worked or was safe.","reported_outcome":null,"outcomes_measured":["Fat mass — Baseline","Fat-free mass — Baseline","Bone mineral density — Baseline","Maximal grip strength — Baseline","Walking speed — Baseline","Timed up and go test — Baseline","Times of stand-up and sit-down within 30 seconds — Baseline","6 minutes walking test — Baseline","Berg balance test — Baseline","Fat mass — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Fat mass — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Fat-free mass — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Fat-free mass — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Bone mineral density — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Bone mineral density — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Maximal grip strength — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Maximal grip strength — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Walking speed — Change between baseline and 3 month after training","Walking speed — Change between baseline and 6 month after training","Timed up and go test — Change between baseline and 3 month after training"],"regulatory_context":"Trial registration is not regulatory approval and does not establish that an intervention is available."},"clinical_trial_topics":[{"topic_slug":"sarcopenia","is_published":true,"match_reasons":["Title contains controlled term: sarcopenia.","Abstract contains controlled term: sarcopenia.","Source terminology contains: sarcopenia.","Title supplies longevity context: elderly.","Study type is explicitly identified as INTERVENTIONAL."],"matched_fields":["title","abstract","controlled terminology","title context","study type"],"relevance_score":100,"intelligence_topics":{"name":"Sarcopenia","slug":"sarcopenia"}}],"content_sources":{"name":"ClinicalTrials.gov","homepage_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/"}},"canonical_url":"https://www.immortal.life/trials/90648","automation_disclosure":"Generated automatically from cited source metadata. No scientist, clinician, researcher, editor, or human reviewer evaluates this publication before release."}