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06 Nov2017

06 November 2017.

Written by Marissa Gerards
Posted in Aging

06-11-2017 01:40:00
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High intensity functional exercise in hospitalized elderly

Many hospitalized older adults receive physiotherapy to optimise their mobility and physical functioning. Due to the aging population, the efficiency and effectiveness of physiotherapy is of increasing importance. This study sought to determine if group-based high-intensity functional exercise (HIFE) could improve the efficiency of physical therapy and the effect on clinical outcomes more than individual physical therapy alone in hospitalized older adults.

A total of 454 hospitalized older adults were randomised to the experimental (HIFE) group or the control group. The control group received 5 regular individual physiotherapy sessions a week. In the HIFE group, 3 of these sessions were subsituted by group-based HIFE sessions, where a maximum of 6 participants performed weight-bearing functional exercises targeted at varying levels of mobility with a physiotherapist for 45-60 minutes. Results show that there were no significant differences in improvement of functional outcomes between group. No adverse events were related to participation in the trial. However, with the group treatments, physiotherapists were able to work significantly more efficient.

In conclusion, the use of group-based high-intensity functional exercise in hospitalized older adults may be feasible based on the outcomes of this study. Group-based HIFE yielded similar clinical outcomes as individual physiotherapy and improved therapist efficiency.

 
 

> From: Raymond et al., Age Ageing 46 (2017) 208-214. All rights reserved to The Author(s). Click here for the online summary.

 
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Marissa Gerards
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Marissa graduated in 2015 as a physiotherapist in the Netherlands. Working on her bachelor thesis sparked her interest for scientific research, so she...

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