The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of implementing a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention, to determine effectiveness of a the a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention in improving body composition and to determine the effectiveness of a 24-week at-home chair-based resistance band training intervention in improving physical performance in adults 50 years and older, receiving care at the UT Physicians Center for Healthy Aging.
Inclusion Criteria: * English-speaking * receive care at the UT Physician Center for Healthy Aging Exclusion Criteria: * inability to provide informed consent on their own * presence of obvious signs of cognitive decline * a diagnosis of dementia and inability to come to the clinic for the scheduled study visits.
The training will be performed using THERABand resistance exercise bands.Participants will be instructed to perform the exercises twice per week at home, for the 24 weeks duration. Each exercise session will entail 1 set of 15 repetitions of 9 different exercises
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