Effectiveness of a Timing and Coordination Group Exercise Program to Improve Mobility in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Timing and coordination exercises may be an important addition to community-based health promotion exercise programs to improve walking in older adults.

Objective

To compare the effectiveness of the On the Move group exercise program, which focuses on the timing and coordination of movement, with a seated strength, endurance, and flexibility program (usual care) at improving function, disability, and walking ability of older adults.

Design, setting, and participants

Cluster-randomized, single-blind intervention trial. Thirty-two independent living facilities, senior apartment buildings, and senior community centers were randomized to On the Move (16 sites; 152 participants) or usual care (16 sites; 146 participants). Participants were 65 years or older, abl

SUBMITTER: Brach JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710210 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature