The Effect of Exercise on Physical Function in Older Women With Osteoporosis and a History of Vertebral Fracture

Oslo Metropolitan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis; Vertebral Fractures

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02781974

2014/2050

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a parallel-group single blinded randomized controlled trial, examining the effect of exercise on physical function in older women with osteoporosis and a history of vertebral fracture. The participants will randomly be assigned in a 1:1 ratio to the intervention group and the control group. The intervention will follow newly developed exercise recommendations for people with osteoporosis and vertebral fractures, which states the balance- and strength exercises should be performed at least twice a week. The intervention is a group exercise session circuit program lasting for 12 weeks. The participants will be tested at baseline, and followed up at 3 months and 6 months.

Enrollment: 149 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women over 65 years, living at home, able to walk with or without walking aids
• having osteoporosis verified by DXA scan (-2,5)
• at least one vertebral fracture, verified by X-ray

Exclusion criteria

• Health conditions that make it unsafe to exercise
• not able to understand and speak Norwegian adequately to participate in the intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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149 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention consists of strength and balance exercise in group sessions, twice a week for 12 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Exercise

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants allocated in the control group are instructed to "live as usual"