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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615000865516
ACTRN12615000865516
Completed
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ower limb home-based exercise program compared with upper limb home-based exercise program to prevent falls and upper limb dysfunction in older community-dwelling people: a randomised controlled trial.

Professor Cathie Sherrington0 sites617 target enrollmentAugust 19, 2015

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Falls injuries in older people
Sponsor
Professor Cathie Sherrington
Enrollment
617
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 19, 2015
End Date
June 5, 2018
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Professor Cathie Sherrington

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • People aged 65 years and over, and living at home or independently in the community (eg self care unit in residential aged care facility) in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Residing in nursing home; cognitive impairment (Memory Impairment Screen score less than 5\); inability to walk 10 metres despite assistance from walking aid; insufficient English language skills; a progressive neurological disease eg Parkinson’s disease; recent fracture/joint replacement; a medical condition precluding exercise eg unstable cardiac disease, uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled metabolic diseases; unable to obtain a medical clearance; currently participating in an exercise program similar to either study program two or more times per week.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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