Effect of Multicomponent Home-Based Training on Gait and Muscle Strength in Older Adults After Hip Fracture Surgery: A Single Site Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the effect of 16-week home-based physical therapy interventions on gait and muscle strength.

Design

A single-blinded randomized controlled trial.

Setting

General community.

Participants

Thirty-four older adults (N=34) post hip fracture were randomly assigned to either experimental group (a specific multi-component intervention group [PUSH], n=17, 10 women, age=78.6±7.3 years, 112.1±39.8 days post-fracture) or active control (a non-specific multi-component intervention group [PULSE], n=17, 11 women, age=77.8±7.8 years, 118.2±37.5 days post-fracture).

Intervention

PUSH and PULSE groups received 32-40 sessions of specific or non-specific multi-component home-based physical therapy, respectively. Training in the PUSH group focused on

SUBMITTER: Huang MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039715 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature