Tokyo, Aug. 16 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062501) titled 'Effects of six-week home-based neuromuscular electrical stimulation training on muscle strength, physical performance, and blood pressure' on Aug. 7.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Placebo

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Chukyo university

Condition: Condition - Healthy older adults Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - to examine the effects of home-based NMES training performed with shortened and lengthened muscle on foot and lower leg muscle function, physical performance, and cardiovascular function, and compare these effects with those induced by traditional voluntary exercises in older adults. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Voluntary exercises training group Participants in the voluntary exercise training group will perform 100 repetitions of seated towel gathering with a 3-kg weight attached to the towel, followed by two sets of 10 unilateral heel raises on each leg. The training will be performed six times per week for six weeks. Interventions/Control_2 - Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in seated position (SeNMES group) Participants will undergo 15 minutes of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) training targeting the foot and lower leg muscles using a commercially available NMES device (SIXPAD Foot Fit 3, MTG Ltd., Nagoya, Japan), six times per week for six weeks. To account for muscle length during NMES training, participants will perform the intervention in a seated position, with the target muscles in a shortened position.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 65 years-old = Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Community-dwelling older adults who were capable of fully understanding the pre-study explanation and providing informed consent Key exclusion criteria - Medical contraindications to exercise, inability to perform the experimental tasks Individuals identified as being at high cardiovascular risk based on their medical history Target Size - 60

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Completed Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 01 Month 30 Day Date of IRB - 2025 Year 03 Month 10 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 03 Month 11 Day Last follow-up date - 2025 Year 09 Month 30 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000071550

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