Registry update — unassessed
Effects of Individualized Blood Flow Restriction During Low-Load Cycling Training on Functional Mobility and Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Trial registry update: COMPLETED. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
RCTMinor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Sep 17, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 17, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- The abstract provided reports only the study design and planned outcomes; the actual results comparing BFR cycling to sham cycling are not stated, so no efficacy conclusion can be drawn from the material supplied
- Whether blood flow restriction is necessary for any benefits from low-load cycling, since the control group also received low-load cycling exercise
- Long-term effects beyond the six-week intervention period
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Rct
- Sample size
- —
- Duration
- 2 months
- Population
- Community-dwelling adults older than 70 years
- Primary outcome
- Functional mobility assessed using the De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) and health-related quality of life assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- University Hospital, Bonn
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- University Hospital, Bonn ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
randomized, sham-controlled trial
six-week, twice-weekly low-load cycling program combined with individualized blood flow restriction (BFR)
community-dwelling adults older than 70 years
cycling exercise without effective BFR
co-primary outcomes are functional mobility, assessed using the De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), and health-related quality of life, assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire
Secondary outcomes include the Timed Up and Go test, the Six-Minute Walk Test, muscular strength, body composition, endurance capacity, and cardiovascular and metabolic safety parameters
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