Resistance Exercise to Improve Flu Vaccine for Older Adults
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 120
Summary
- Conditions
- Influenza, Human
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 65 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Resistance exercise, particularly novel eccentric exercise, recruits immune cells to the targeted muscle. The exercises selected here targets the deltoid and biceps brachii muscles-those same muscles that the flu vaccine is delivered to during typical vaccination.
Resistance exercise, particularly novel eccentric exercise, recruits immune cells to the targeted muscle. The exercises selected here targets the deltoid and biceps brachii muscles-those same muscles that the flu vaccine is delivered to during typical vaccination.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03736759
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Emily C LaVoy, PhD University of Houston
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