Evaluating the effects of an exercise program (Staying UpRight) for older adults in long-term care on rates of falls: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

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Evaluating the effects of an exercise program (Staying UpRight) for older adults in long-term care on rates of falls: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

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BACKGROUND:Falls are two to four times more frequent amongst older adults living in long-term care (LTC) than community-dwelling older adults and have deleterious consequences. It is hypothesised that a progressive exercise program targeting balance and strength will reduce fall rates when compared to a seated exercise program and do so cost effectively. METHODS/DESIGN:This is a single blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial with blinded assessment of outcome and intention-to-treat...

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2020-01-08

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Taylor, Lynne / Parsons, John / Taylor, Denise / Binns, Elizabeth / Lord, Sue / Edlin, Richard / Rochester, Lynn / Del Din, Silvia / Klenk, Jochen / Buckley, Christopher / Cavadino, Alana / Moyes, Simon A / Kerse, Ngaire

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/59113

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Humans / Gait / Treatment Outcome / Exercise Therapy / Hospitalization / Long-Term Care / Single-Blind Method / Program Evaluation / Accidental Falls / Quality of Life / Aged / Vulnerable Populations / Cost-Benefit Analysis / Female / Male / Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Postural Balance / Physical Functional Performance / Aged care / Falls / Nursing home / Randomised trials / Prevention / Health Services / Aging / Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities / Comparative Effectiveness Research / Physical Rehabilitation / Rehabilitation / Clinical Research / 6.7 Physical / 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing / Injuries and accidents / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Medicine, Research & Experimental / Research & Experimental Medicine / MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT / PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY / RISK-FACTORS / PEOPLE / MOBILITY / PATIENT / INJURY / MOCA / 1117 Public Health and Health Services / 1103 Clinical Sciences / Clinical / Public Health / 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being / 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology

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