Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
In this study, we will randomly assign 360 older adults to 12 months of 5 minutes per day of functional resistance training or to a delayed treatment control condition, and measure the impact of the training on measures of lower extremity performance and walking ability.
One of the most common, and untreated, health problems among older adults is mobility disability, observed in nearly one in five (17.9%) of older adults. Mobility disability is typically the first disability to develop and increases future risk for additional disabilities and death. Though the most effective treatments for mobility disability are forms of exercise, especially resistance training (RT), they are rarely used, with fewer than 20% of older adults meeting RT guidelines and even fewer among those with mobility disability. The core problem of disseminating the benefits of RT to older…
Inclusion Criteria: * Self-reported difficulty or inability to walk ¼ mile Exclusion Criteria: * Chest pain on the PAR-Q
FAST consists of five exercises (stepping on a step, chair stands, push-ups, rows, walking), for 30 seconds each, performed daily, with 30 seconds of rest between.
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