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NCT number NCT02141126
Other study ID # RCSI-SJH
Secondary ID RCSI-SJH-MISARCS
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 1, 2013
Est. completion date September 1, 2019

Study information

Verified date April 2017
Source Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary aim of this feasibility study is to evaluate the feasibility of delivering a PRT programme in an inpatient older person rehabilitation setting and to describe changes in lower limb strength and physical function following six weeks of resistance training and routine physiotherapy versus a control group of routine physiotherapy only in an older inpatient population.


Description:

This is a prospective, single blinded, randomised controlled feasibility study recruiting consecutive appropriate patients in this post-acute rehabilitation unit. Feasibility outcomes including safety, recruitment, measurements, adherence, retention and satisfaction will be evaluated. There are two groups (i) exercise intervention and (ii) control. It will not be possible to blind the treating physiotherapist or the patient to the exercise intervention; hence the single (assessor) blinded design. The study will be based in St James's Hospital, Dublin. Assessments and the delivery of the exercise intervention will be conducted in the Physiotherapy department. Patients will be recruited in the inpatient setting. Appropriate patients will be approached, and the intervention explained to them. The patient will be given an information leaflet and 24-hours to consider involvement in the study


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 60
Est. completion date September 1, 2019
Est. primary completion date June 30, 2014
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 65 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients, male and female elderly inpatients 65 years. - Patients must be medically stable. - Patients who are able to follow one-stage commands. - Patients must be able to give informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: - Unstable medical condition. - Patients who are unable to follow one-stage commands. - Acute pain or fracture - Patients who are unable to stand or require more than assistance of two staff to mobilise/transfer. - Patients who have been admitted with a recent diagnosis of stroke, due to their varying patterns of recovery.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Resistance training
Usual physiotherapy care and twice weekly tailored and progressive resistance lower limb exercises Circuit-type format, sessions will last 35 minutes and will include a warm-up and cool-down period. Exercises tailored to each patient and will use ankle weights as the resistance, using 65-75% of their 1-Repetition Maximum. Intervention will last for 6 weeks.
Usual care
Standard inpatient 'usual care' physiotherapy

Locations

Country Name City State
Ireland Physiotherapy Department, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin 8, Ireland Dublin

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland St. James's Hospital, Ireland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ireland, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Height and Weight and BMI Height will be measured from ulna length (BAPEN, 2004), weight will be measured using body composition scales, and body mass index (BMI) calculated using these measures. Baseline, Week 6
Other Skeletal muscle mass Skeletal muscle mass will be calculated using a validated equation based on measured bioimpedance from the body composition scales (Janssen J Appl Phil 2000). Baseline, Week 6
Other Grip Strength Grip strength will be measured using a handgrip dynamometer on the non-dominant arm (Clinifeed/Roussel dynamometer). Baseline, Week 6
Primary Lower limb dynamometry Lower limb dynamometry will be measured using the Power Track II Commander by J-Tech Medical. A previous study in this rehabilitation unit has determined that this is a reliable measure of lower limb strength in this population. The primary outcome measurement will be quadriceps muscle strength. Baseline, Week 6
Secondary Functional mobility using the Timed Up and Go (TUG) Functional mobility using the Timed Up and Go (TUG) - this is a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly people. The patient is asked to stand up from a chair, walk three metres, turn around and return to the chair, while being timed by the assessor. Baseline, Week 6
Secondary Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) Six Minute Walk Test (6MWT) - this is a performance-based test. The distance walked in six minutes is measured and reported in metres or feet and is an indication of exercise tolerance. Baseline, Week 6
Secondary EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D) - measures health related quality of life, it contains a visual analogue scale (0 to 100, representing dead to excellent health state) and five items: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Baseline, Week 6
Secondary Canadian Study of Health and Ageing Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) Canadian Study of Health and Ageing Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) - this is a measure of frailty based on clinical judgement. It is an ordinal scale which ranges from 1 to 7. Reliability and validity have been proven in an older population (Rockwood et al, 2005). Baseline, Week 6
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