Chronical Obstructive Lung Diseases, Medical Diseases, Neurological Diseases
Conditions
Keywords
Barthel Index, elderly hospitalised patients, progressive resistance training
Brief 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.
Interventions
OTHERProgressive Resistance strength training
Resistance strength training is given as circle training. The resistance is increased with regularly intervals.
Sponsors
Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Hospitalised elderly patients referred for physiotherapy. 2. Ability to perform standing position independently with/without walking aids (rollator, crutch) or bed/bench support.
Exclusion criteria
1. Expected length of stay \< 7 days. 2. Dementia. 3. Unable to communicate relevant. 4. Unable to be active
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Timed Up & Go Test | Before randomisation and 3 days before discharge from the department | The Timed Up & Go (TUG) test assess basic functional mobility.(14). The test measures the time (in seconds)that the subjects used for standing up from the seating position on a chair (chair seat height = 45 cm) with armrest, walking 3 m, turning around and walking back to the chair and sitting down again. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barthel Index | before randomisation and 3 days before discharge from the department | BI consists of 10 functional tasks of which 3 tasks focus the function of mowing and walking. Task numbers 8 in BI Transfer assess the ability to move and are rated on a 0, 5 and10 point ordinal scale. Task number 9 in BI Walking assess the ability to walk rated on a 0, 5 or 10 point scale. Task number 10 in BI Stairs assesses the ability to walk on stairs and is rated with 0, 5, 10 or 15 points. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed