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NCT06690944
Exercise Based on Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Older Individuals
NA trial testing Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Functional Disability in 26 participants. Completed in 3 June 2024.
3 June 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 26 |
| Start date | 23 March 2023 |
| Primary completion | 3 June 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 3 June 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Brazil |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
- Physical exercise without proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation control group
Conditions studied
- Functional Disability — all drugs for Functional Disability →
- Dynapenia — all drugs for Dynapenia →
- Sarcopenia in Elderly — all drugs for Sarcopenia in Elderly →
Sponsor
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Who can join
65 and older, any sex, with Functional Disability or Dynapenia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The goal of this clinical trial was to determine whether an intervention using resisted sit-to-stand and walking exercises with Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) techniques improved gait and sit-to-stand in older individuals with poor functional capacity compared to a control group that performed the same activities, but without manual resistance. The main questions it aimed to answer were: Did an exercise program based on the PNF concept improve functional capacity and strength performance? Was there a difference between an exercise program with or without PNF techniques on functional capacity and strength in older adults? Researchers compared the effects of an exercise program based on the PNF concept to a similar exercise training without manual resistance on functional capacity and strength performance. Participants participated in an intervention using resisted sit-to-stand and walking exercises with or without PNF and performed functional capacity and strength tests at the beginning and end of the intervention.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Physical Functioning Improvements in Older Adults Following a Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation-Based Resisted Exercise Program: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
da Silva LG, Bandeira-Guimarães M, Blanco-Rambo E, Sáez de Asteasu ML, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40983316 · DOI 10.1123/japa.2024-0403
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Verify against primary sources
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06690944 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
- Last refreshed: 19 November 2024
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