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A Twice-Daily Individual Targeted Exercise Program in Frail Hospitalised Older Medical In-patients (RCT)

NCT02463864 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 190

Last updated 2017-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will help to determine whether frail older medical inpatients will benefit from targeted exercise sessions performed twice daily while in hospital. Half of the patients will complete targeted strengthening, balance and endurance exercises and the other half, stretching and relaxation exercises. The exercise sessions will be assisted and supported by a senior physiotherapist.

Conditions

  • Frail Older Adults

Interventions

OTHER

Intervention exercise

Twice daily, individual, targeted, strengthening, balance and endurance exercises for the duration of the hospital stay, prescribed and delivered by a senior physiotherapist.

OTHER

Sham Exercise

Twice daily stretching and relaxation exercises for the duration of the hospital stay, by a senior physiotherapist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College Cork

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Suzanne Timmons · University College Cork

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-02-28
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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