NCT02781974

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

The Effect of Exercise on Physical Function in Older Women With Osteoporosis and a History of Vertebral Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 149 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oslo Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Osteoporosis
• Vertebral Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise	Strength and balance exercise in Groups, focusing on lower limb strength, back strength and static and dynamic balance

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-12
• Completion: 2018-10-12
• First posted: 2016-05-25
• Last updated: 2019-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway