# COMMUNITY EXERCISE TRAINING IN OLDER WOMEN AND MEN

> **NIH NIH R01** · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 1992 · $363,165

## Abstract

Chronic diseases and impaired function related to physical
inactivity are major factors in the disability, diminished quality
of life, and burgeoning health care costs facing older Americans.
While current physical activity training studies provide compelling
evidence for the importance of regular physical activity to health
and functioning in older adults, the vast majority of such studies
have occurred in the controlled setting of the laboratory with small
numbers of highly selected subjects.  A critical next step is to
extend such research to the community setting where the
effectiveness of longer-term physical activity interventions for the
broader American public can be more adequately determined.  In
addition, given the dearth of information related to enhancing
quality of life in older adults, determining the efficacy of
community-based physical activity programs m promoting changes
relevant to quality of life issues is urgently needed.

The objectives of this study are to: (1) conduct a telephone survey
of randomly selected women and men equal to or greater than age 65
living in the city of Sunnyvale for purposes of obtaining a broadly
representative subject sample; (2) determine the initial (6 months)
and longer-term (one-year) effectiveness of a community-based
regimen of physical activity in promoting significant changes in
physical functioning and performance in this older adult sample; (3)
evaluate the efficacy of the physical activity training regimen in
promoting changes in functioning an well-being variables relevant
to quality of life; and (4) use the study as an opportunity to
enhance knowledge with respect to measurement of physical activity
among older adults.

The study design is a one-year randomized trial in which women and
men recruited from a representative sample of older adults living
in the community will be randomly assigned to one of three
conditions: physical activity training; attention-control
(Yoga/Stretching); or assessment-only control.  Subjects in the two
active conditions will receive year-long instruction involving a
combination of class- and home-based training regimens.  The
training regimens are based on principles of social learning and
social cognitive theories and designed to enhance long-term
adherence and minimize injury.  Data will be collected at baseline
and at 6 and 12 months using a battery of age-relevant physical
functioning and performance tests, a comprehensive set of rated
functioning and well-being scales, and several promising measures
of physical activity.  Our primary hypotheses are that subjects
assigned to physical activity training will demonstrate significant
increases in physical functioning and performance, maintained
through 12 months, relative to the other two conditions.  Additional
major questions of interest focus on the changes in rated
functioning and well-being among the three conditions across the
12-month period, and comparisons across different physical activity
assess...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3121942
- **Project number:** 1R01AG009991-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** STANFORD UNIVERSITY
- **SAM.gov UEI:** HJD6G4D6TJY5
- **Principal Investigator:** WILLIAM L HASKELL
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $363,165
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1991-09-30 → 1995-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3121942

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3121942, COMMUNITY EXERCISE TRAINING IN OLDER WOMEN AND MEN (1R01AG009991-01A1). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3121942. Licensed CC0.

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