Exercise Training in a Geriatric Hospital Ward

Health Center of the City of Joensuu

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Frail Elderly

Treatments: Procedure: Exercise training; Procedure: usual treatment and rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00756535

JOE2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Hospitalization of older people is connected with several adverse events. Hospitalization increases the risk of disability and long-term institutionalization. Immobilization during hospitalization can lead to deterioration of muscle strength and falls. Earlier studies have shown that strength training is beneficial even in the oldest old. Rehabilitation based on strength training exercises can prevent decline in functional capacity and shorten the length of hospitalization.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 75 years or older
• ability to walk independently or assisted or move unassisted in a wheelchair

Exclusion criteria

• patients in long-term care
• those who are bedridden
• severe circulatory disease
• acute bone fracture
• terminal disease
• acute infection.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Group-based exercise training during hospitalization

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise training

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual treatment and rehabilitation during hospitalization

Treatment:

Procedure: usual treatment and rehabilitation