ACTRN12605000252617
Completed
Not Applicable
A randomised phase III study to evaluate the effects of a 6 week nutrition support and 12 week resistance exercise program in the treatment of nutritionally at risk older adults to improve nutritional status, function, quality of life and health care utilization.
Professor Maria Crotty0 sites200 target enrollmentSeptember 1, 2005
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- ower limb fragility fracture
- Sponsor
- Professor Maria Crotty
- Enrollment
- 200
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Resident of southern Adelaide SA, admitted for treatment of a fall\-related lower limb fragility fracture, independent mobility prior to admission, permitted to full weight bear within 7 days of injury, medically stable, mid arm circumference \<25th percentile of a large representative sample of older Australians.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Difficulty comprehending simple commands, rapidly progressive or terminal illness, gastrectomy, malabsorption or dysphagia, medical condition where strength training or supplementary feeding may be hazardous.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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