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Exercise Training in a Geriatric Hospital Ward

NCT00756535 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2008-09-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to describe the effects of physical exercise consisting of strength, balance and flexibility training on functional abilities and the length of stay in older (+75) patients hospitalized in a primary-care health- center hospital.

Conditions

  • Frail Elderly

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Exercise training

Group-based exercise training 5 days a week during hospitalization

PROCEDURE

usual treatment and rehabilitation

usual treatment and rehabilitation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Center of the City of Joensuu

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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