High-intensity home health physical therapy among older adult Veterans: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adult Veterans are at high risk for adverse health outcomes following hospitalization. Since physical function is one of the largest potentially modifiable risk factors for adverse health outcomes, our purpose was to determine if progressive, high-intensity resistance training in home health physical therapy (PT) improves physical function in Veterans more than standardized home health PT and to determine if the high-intensity program was comparably safe, defined as having a similar number of adverse events.

Methods

We enrolled Veterans and their spouses during an acute hospitalization who were recommended to receive home health care on discharge because of physical deconditioning. We excluded individuals who had contraindications to high-intensity resistanc

SUBMITTER: Stevens-Lapsley JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10684313 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature