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Effects of Functional Incidental Training in VA NHCU Residents

NCT00013507 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2009-01-21

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Summary

This research on Functional Incidental Training ( FIT) primarily involves women residing in community nursing homes. It is an individualized rehabilitative protocol intended to improve mobility, endurance, strength and continence in frail, older, functionally impaired and disabled veterans.

Objectives of the project are as follows:

1\) Test the effects of FIT on transfer ability, continence, ambulation/mobility, balance and fall risk, strength, and endurance; 2) Determine the characteristics of NHCU residents who respond to FIT; 3)Identify the most sensitive outcome measures related to FIT; and 4) Determine the labor costs of FIT relative to usual care.

Conditions

  • Aging

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Falls

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • John Fryer, Ph.D., Asst. Director · Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service

  • Victoria Mongiardo, Program Analyst · Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-01-31
Completion
2002-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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