Exercise mix boosts fitness in women over 65, study finds
NCT ID NCT07204886
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a 14-week program combining aerobic, balance, strength, and stability exercises could improve body composition, physical fitness, and movement in active women over 65. Forty women participated in supervised sessions twice a week. The goal was to see if this type of training helps maintain or improve physical health in older age.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- multicomponent training and stability exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a specific mix of exercises helps older women stay strong and mobile, potentially informing better exercise programs for healthy aging.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, non-randomized study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to all older women. It also does not test for long-term benefits or disease prevention.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. were women older than 65 years and did not live in nursing homes or community living 2. physically independent individuals able to perform daily living tasks 3. not present absence of physical limitations that might limit their engagement in exercise 4. absence of cardio metabolic and neuromuscular disease that could negatively affect exercise performance Exclusion Criteria: 1. fracture of extremities in the last 3 months 2. functional limitation (motor, auditory, and visual disorders) 3. dropout and absence of participants at any measurement, and absence in more than 25% of the training sessions
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Sport and Physical Education
Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia
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