Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Exercise Program in the Attenuation of Frailty in Long-Term Nursing Frail Elders: A Randomised Clinical Controlled Trial.
- Conditions
- FRAILTYAGEINGPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - PhysiotherapyOther - Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616001044415
- Lead Sponsor
- Jon Irazusta Astiazaran
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 114
Subjects will be considered eligible for the study if all of the following apply: aged greater than or equal to 70 years, scored greater than or equal to 50 on the Barthel Index, scored greater than or equal to 20 on MEC-35 Test (an adapted and validated version of MMSE in Spanish) who are all capable to stand up and walk independently for 10 m.
Participants will not be eligible for the study if they are clinically unstable under the clinical judgment of the medical professionals of the reference center, or in any other condition that means that entering the study would not be in the subject´s best interests.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method