Journal article
Additional structured physical activity does not improve walking in older people (> 60 years) undergoing inpatient rehabilitation: a randomised trial
CM Said, ME Morris, JL McGinley, C Szoeke, B Workman, D Liew, KD Hill, M Woodward, JE Wittwer, L Churilov, M Danoudis, J Bernhardt
Journal of Physiotherapy | AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Questions: Among older people receiving inpatient rehabilitation, does additional supervised physical activity lead to faster self-selected gait speed at discharge? Does additional supervised physical activity lead to better mobility, function and quality of life at discharge and 6 months following discharge? Design: Multi-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis. Participants: Older people (age > 60 years) from two Australian hospitals undergoing rehabilitation to improve mobility. Intervention: Participants received multidisciplinary care, including physiotherapy. During hospital rehabilitation, the ex..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project grant (App1042680). The funding body had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis or interpretation or manuscript preparation.