Can education and exercise help older adults fight muscle loss?
NCT ID NCT07654478
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program that combines health education and exercise to help middle-aged and older adults better understand and manage sarcopenia, a condition that causes muscle loss with age. One hundred participants will either join six sessions of education and exercise or receive usual care. Researchers will measure whether the program improves health literacy and promotes healthy lifestyle habits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Multicomponent intervention (health education and exercise training)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could help older adults better understand and manage sarcopenia, potentially slowing muscle loss and improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 100 participants. The intervention is short (six sessions), and long-term benefits are not yet proven.
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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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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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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40 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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) Age ≥ 40 years old (2) has willingness to participate our multifactorial approach. (3) Participants eligible for intervention following assessment by a rehabilitation physician Exclusion Criteria: * (1) unable to complete all the sic sections of multifactorial approach and lost follow up. (2) unable to comprehend and finish the sarcopenia literacy questionnaire, or has other conditions that could not participation the activities. (3)Participants with other medical conditions that could not participate the intervention will be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Taipei Medical University Hospital
Taipei, Taipei City, 110, Taiwan
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