Motor Control-based Group Exercise: Can It be Delivered as Effectively by Lay Leaders?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

On the Move (OTM), a motor control-based group exercise program for community-dwelling older adults, has produced greater gains in mobility than a standard group exercise program when delivered by research leaders. The purposes of this study were:1) to examine the effectiveness of OTM versus a standard program when delivered by lay leaders and 2) to compare the outcomes of OTM when delivered by research versus lay leaders.

Methods

Community-dwelling, medically stable older adults who could walk household distances participated. OTM consisted of warm-up, timing and coordination, strengthening, and stretching exercises. The seated standard program consisted of warm-up, aerobic, strengthening and stretching exercises. The primary outcome(s) of function and disability wa

SUBMITTER: Wert DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6133265 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature