Hip fracture Musculoskeletal Diseases Fracture
Conditions
Interventions
Participants assigned to the intervention groups, participated twice a week in a 12-week progressive strength-power training specifically designed to increase lower limb muscle strength and power and
calculated from the observed 3-5 RM) for the exercises used in the training was assessed twice during the training. The resistance of the strength training (usual velocity) was progressively increased
Sponsors
Ministry of Education Finland
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Community-dwelling 60 - 85-year-old men and women living in the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital District that had an operation following a hip fracture, from six months to seven years earlier
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The criteria of American College of Sports Medicine (e.g. severe cardiovascular disease) were used to exclude people from participation in the randomized controlled trial. Additionally, severe progressive (e.g. cancer) or neurological disease (e.g. advanced Alzheimer's disease), lower limb amputation, inability to walk outside without assistance of another person and alcohol abuse were used as exclusion criteria for this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Maximal muscle strength and power in both legs: 1.1. Voluntary isometric knee extension strength 1.2. Rate of force production 1.3. Leg extension power (Nottingham power-rig) 2. The strength and power difference between the legs (asymmetry) 3. Mobility (habitual and maximal walking velocity and other walking parameters, such as step length and time 4. Time of walking a figure 8 5. Ability and time to climb stairs 6. Timed-up-go test 7. Chair rise ability and time | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Balance: 1.1. Static and dynamic balance measured on a force plate 1.2. Functional balance (Berg balance scale) 1.3. Self-assessed balance confidence (ABC scale) 2. Falls (collected retrospectively and by means of a prospective follow-up) 3. Disability 4. Pain in the legs 5. Bone density and geometry of tibia (peripheral computed tomography) | — |
Countries
Finland
Outcome results
None listed