Connecting Emergency Departments With Community Services to Prevent Mobility Losses in Pre-frail & Frail Seniors

Summary

About 18% of independent people over 65 who are evaluated in Emergency Departments for minor injuries (fractures, sprains) present some mobility decline up to 3 to 6 months postinjury. People at risk of decline are prefrail or frail; this condition could be explained by muscle proprieties loss. Exercise is a proven method that can help limit frailty and allow to restore mobility.

The aim of our study is to evaluate whether a suitable exercise program of one hour, twice a week for 12 weeks will limit functional losses \& fragility in injured older adults after their emergency department visit.

Conditions

• Elderly
• Functional Status

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise program

Exercise program in communities / Exercise program at home

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Université du Québec a Montréal

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Toronto

  collaborator OTHER

• Laval University

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et Services Sociaux du Nord de l'ile de Montreal

  collaborator OTHER

• Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke

  collaborator OTHER

• Alberta Health Services, Calgary

  collaborator OTHER

• Sunnybrook Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Washington University School of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• McMaster University

  collaborator OTHER

• Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

  collaborator OTHER

• The Ottawa Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Université de Montréal

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Ottawa

  collaborator OTHER

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Marcel ME Emond, Md, Ph.D · Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Max Age

120 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-07-01

Primary Completion

2020-06-30

Completion

2020-07-31

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations