Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Overall Burden and Transitions Between States of Major Mobility Disability in Older Persons: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The total time a patient is disabled likely has a greater influence on his or her quality of life than the initial occurrence of disability alone.

Objective

To compare the effect of a long-term, structured physical activity program with that of a health education intervention on the proportion of patient assessments indicating major mobility disability (MMD) (that is, MMD burden) and on the risk for transitions into and out of MMD.

Design

Single-blinded, parallel-group, randomized trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01072500).

Setting

8 U.S. centers between February 2010 and December 2013.

Participants

1635 sedentary persons, aged 70 to 89 years, who had functional limitations but could walk 400 m.

Intervention

Physical activity (n = 818) an

SUBMITTER: Gill TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5476905 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature