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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN34271567
ISRCTN34271567CompletedNot Applicable

The effects of strength training on muscle strength, asymmetry in lower limb muscle strength and mobility in older men and women with a history of hip fracture

Ministry of Education Finland0 sites60 target enrollmentStarted: July 13, 2006Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
60

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Community-dwelling 60 - 85-year-old men and women living in the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital District that had an operation following a hip fracture, from six months to seven years earlier

Exclusion Criteria

  • The criteria of American College of Sports Medicine (e.g. severe cardiovascular disease) were used to exclude people from participation in the randomized controlled trial. Additionally, severe progressive (e.g. cancer) or neurological disease (e.g. advanced Alzheimer's disease), lower limb amputation, inability to walk outside without assistance of another person and alcohol abuse were used as exclusion criteria for this study.

Investigators

Sponsor
Ministry of Education Finland

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