Trial reportBMC geriatrics2018
The effectiveness of functional task exercise and physical therapy as prevention of functional decline in community dwelling older people with complex health problems.
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- Pooled it
- Effects of functional task training on physical performance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Pooled it
- Prehabilitation before major intra-abdominal cancer surgery: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.European journal of anaesthesiology · 2019Pooled it
- Gender-specific factors affecting changes in physical function among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Is functional training functional? a systematic review of its effects in community-dwelling older adults.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2024Review
- The Prediction of Quality of Life by Frailty and Disability among Dutch Community-Dwelling People Aged 75 Years or Older.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Supervised Home-Based Exercise Prehabilitation in Unfit Patients Scheduled for Pancreatic Surgery: Protocol for a Multicenter Feasibility Study.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Differential remodeling of subcutaneous white and interscapular brown adipose tissue by long-term exercise training in aged obese female mice.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2023Article
- Exploration of service centres for older persons in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2022Article
- An investigation into the deep learning approach in sentimental analysis using graph-based theories.PloS one · 2021Article
- Functional Voice Assessment and Therapy Methods Supported by Telepractice, VoiceEvalU8, and Estill Voice Training.Seminars in speech and language · 2021Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundA physically active lifestyle in older people contributes to the preservation of good health. We assessed the influence of physiotherapy on daily functioning among community dwelling older people (75+) with complex health problems identified with screening, versus usual care. We also compared functional task exercise (FTE), with problems prioritized by older people, trained in the home environment, versus usual preventive physical therapy (PPT).
methodsDesign: FTE and PPT were compared in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Both interventions were compared with daily functioning in an observational study: control group. SETTING/
participantsCommunity-dwelling persons aged ≥75 years with daily activity limitations enlisted in 83 general practices (n = 155).
interventionsBoth intervention groups (FTE, n = 76 and PPT, n = 79) received individual, 30 min treatments. The control group (n = 228) did not get any experimental intervention offered. MEASUREMENTS: Groningen Activities of Daily Living Restriction Scale (GARS). STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Linear Mixed Model analysis, correcting for age, sex, baseline scores and clustering by physiotherapist were used to compare the different groups.
resultsAt baseline, 74% percent of the intervention trial group was female vs 79% in the control group. Median ages were 83.9 and 84.7 respectively. The median baseline GARS-score for the control group was 41.0 (25 and 75 percentile): 35.0; 48.0) and 40.0 (25 and 75 percentile: 32.3; 46.0) for the intervention group (FTE + PPT). The mean change over time was 3.3 (2.5; 4.1) for the control group. Mean difference in change over time between the intervention (FTE + PPT) and the control group was - 2.5 (- 4.3; - 0.6) (p = .009). Between FTE and PPT the difference in change was - 0.4 (95% CI: -2.3; 3.0, p = 0.795).
conclusionAn exercise intervention led by physiotherapists may slow down decline in self-reported daily functioning in older persons with daily activity limitations, identified by pro-active case finding.
trial registrationNetherlands trial register ( NTR2407 ). Registered 6th of July 2010.
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