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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN07330512
ISRCTN07330512
Completed
N/A

Screening and Counseling for physical Activity and Mobility in Older people

Ministry of Education (Finland)0 sites1,310 target enrollmentNovember 15, 2005

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Mobility limitation
Sponsor
Ministry of Education (Finland)
Enrollment
1310
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
November 15, 2005
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Ministry of Education (Finland)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Cognitively intact community\-living older people; the study group consisted of all the 75 \- 81 year\-old people living in the city center area in Jyväskylä, Finland. The inclusion criteria were set as follows:
  • 1\. The ability to walk at least 0\.5 km without assistance
  • 2\. Only moderately physically active or sedentary
  • 3\. No memory impairment (Mini Mental State Examination \[MMSE] greater than 21\)
  • 4\. No medical contraindications for physical activity
  • 5\. Informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

  • Those with severe mobility limitation (not able to walk 0\.5 km independently), and those who were physically active (greater than 4 exercise a week), were excluded. In addition, subjects with MMSE points less than 22 were excluded.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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