Progressive Resistance Strength Training (PRT) in Hospitalised Elderly Patients

Neurological Diseases Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Effect of Progressive Resistance Strength Training in Hospitalised Elderly Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01371097
• Other study ID #: H-KA-2006-0144
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 9, 2011
• Last updated: March 9, 2015
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: January 2008

Study information

• Verified date: March 2015
• Source: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 71
• Est. completion date: January 2008
• Est. primary completion date: January 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronical Obstructive Lung Diseases
• Lung Diseases
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Medical Diseases
• Nervous System Diseases
• Neurological Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• Progressive Resistance strength training
Resistance strength training is given as circle training. The resistance is increased with regularly intervals.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Copenhagen University Hospital, Glostrup	Glostrup

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Timed "Up & Go" Test	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.	Before randomisation and 3 days before discharge from the department	No
Secondary	Barthel Index	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.	before randomisation and 3 days before discharge from the department	No