Clinical Trial

Resistance-Based Multicomponent Training Plus Nutrition Supplementation for Intrinsic Capacity and Disability Risk in Chinese Rural Older Adults

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Summary
This study is a five-arm, parallel-group, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effects of resistance-dominant multicomponent training combined with nutritional supplementation on intrinsic capacity and disability risk among rural Chinese older adults. A total of 220 participants aged 60 years or older with mobility decline, nutritional risk, sarcopenia risk, or pre-frailty/frailty will be randomly assigned to one of five groups: control, nutrition supplementation alone, resistance training alone, resistance training plus nutrition supplementation, or resistance-dominant multicomponent training plus nutrition supplementation. The intervention will last 12 weeks. Exercise interventions will be conducted three times per week, and nutritional supplementation will include leucine-enriched whey protein and vitamin D. The primary outcomes are the Short Physical Performance Battery score, FRAIL score, and activities of daily living/instrumental activities of daily living scores. Secondary outcomes include gait speed, Timed Up and Go test, sit-to-stand performance, handgrip strength, nutritional status, protein intake, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calf circumference, and appendicular skeletal muscle mass index.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07660653
Lead Sponsor Capital University of Physical Education and Sports, China
Conditions Frailty, Sarcopenia, Mobility Limitation, Nutritional Risk
Enrollment 220 participants
Start Date 2025-06-18
Primary Completion 2026-01-15 (estimated)
Study Completion 2026-01-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-06-22