None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study will use the best quality research methods to test whether providing a 6-month individualised exercise and nutrition program to hip fracture patients soon after injury improves walking and other important health outcomes. Patients will be followed for 12 months to determine what difference the exercise and and nutrition programs make. If they help then health services will have the evidence they need to recommend this type of program to the growing number of older Australians that suffer a hip fracture.
Interventions
6 month individualised exercise (tri-weekly, one hour muscle strengthening, balance training and walking) and nutrition therapy (small, frequent meals plus oral supplements or enteral feeds as appropriate to current nutritional status and nutritional rehabilitation goals) plan.
Sponsors
Rehabilitation & Ageing Studies Unit, Flinders University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
70 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients recovering from proximal femoral fracture (PFF) at Flinders Medical Centre (Adelaide). Ability to understand and comply with the requirements of the study.
Exclusion criteria
Severe cognitive impairment (MMT <18/30), body mass index <18.5 kg/m2 and >30 kg/m2.
Outcome results
None listed