NCT01371097

Progressive Resistance Strength Training (PRT) in Hospitalised Elderly Patients

The Effect of Progressive Resistance Strength Training in Hospitalised Elderly Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 71 (actual)
• Sponsor: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of progressive resistance strength training (PRT) in elderly hospitalised patients. The hypothesis is that PRT given as an additional training would improve the rehabilitation and increase the level of activity of daily living.

Detailed description

Elderly inpatients included in the study were randomised into a control group or a training group. All included patients received the regular in-physiotherapy, but the training group received progressive resistance training in groups in addition.

Conditions

• Medical Diseases
• Neurological Diseases
• Chronical Obstructive Lung Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Progressive Resistance strength training	Resistance strength training is given as circle training. The resistance is increased with regularly intervals.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-01-01
• Completion: 2008-01-01
• First posted: 2011-06-10
• Last updated: 2015-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark