Testing Interventions for Mobility Through Exercise (TIME)

Description

In this project, the team plans to test the impact of FAST, its brief home-based strength training program which includes performance goal setting, to a program for home (BAND TOGETHER) that is similar to one offered by Silver Sneakers, available online to millions of older adults, and includes strength, balance, and aerobic exercises. The team hypothesizes that the brief program (FAST) will improve leg function better than the standard program (BAND TOGETHER), by encouraging older adults to be more consistent with using it and to try harder when they do.

Conditions

Walking, Difficulty, Mobility Limitation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

In this project, the team plans to test the impact of FAST, its brief home-based strength training program which includes performance goal setting, to a program for home (BAND TOGETHER) that is similar to one offered by Silver Sneakers, available online to millions of older adults, and includes strength, balance, and aerobic exercises. The team hypothesizes that the brief program (FAST) will improve leg function better than the standard program (BAND TOGETHER), by encouraging older adults to be more consistent with using it and to try harder when they do.

PCORI-HA-2021C3-25041 Comparative Effectiveness of Brief Strength and Balance Exercises and Standard Home-Based Group Exercise for Primary Care Patients With Mobility Disability

Testing Interventions for Mobility Through Exercise (TIME)

Condition
Walking, Difficulty
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Hershey

Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age greater than or equal to 65
  • * Self reported difficulty or inability to walk 1/4/ mile
  • * Access to the Internet
  • * Covid vaccination
  • * Chest pain on the PAR-Q
  • * Participating in another research project involving physical activity, falls or weight loss
  • * Planning to move or have surgery in the next 12 months
  • * Cognitive impairment

Ages Eligible for Study

65 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center,

Study Record Dates

2026-09