NCT00756535

Exercise Training in a Geriatric Hospital Ward

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Health Center of the City of Joensuu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Frail Elderly

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Exercise training	Group-based exercise training 5 days a week during hospitalization
PROCEDURE	usual treatment and rehabilitation	usual treatment and rehabilitation

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• Completion: 2009-04-01
• First posted: 2008-09-22
• Last updated: 2008-09-22

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Finland