Feasibility, safety and preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme for older people with Alzheimer's disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial
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Suttanon, P; Hill, KD; Said, CM; Williams, SB; Byrne, KN; LoGiudice, D; Lautenschlager, NT; Dodd, KJDate
2013-05-01Source Title
CLINICAL REHABILITATIONPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTDAffiliation
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Suttanon, P., Hill, K. D., Said, C. M., Williams, S. B., Byrne, K. N., LoGiudice, D., Lautenschlager, N. T. & Dodd, K. J. (2013). Feasibility, safety and preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme for older people with Alzheimer's disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial. CLINICAL REHABILITATION, 27 (5), pp.427-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269215512460877.Access Status
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of a home-based exercise programme for people with Alzheimer's disease, and to provide preliminary evidence of programme effectiveness in improving balance and mobility and reducing falls risk. DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: Forty people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (mean age 81.9, SD 5.72; 62.5% female). INTERVENTIONS: Participants were randomized to a six-month home-based individually tailored balance, strengthening and walking exercise programme (physiotherapist) or a six-month home-based education programme (control) (occupational therapist). Both programmes provided six home-visits and five follow-up phone calls. MAIN MEASURES: Balance, mobility, falls and falls risk were measured at baseline and programme completion. Intention-to-treat analysis using a generalized linear model with group allocation as a predictor variable was performed to evaluate programme effectiveness. Feasibility and adverse events were systematically recorded at each contact. RESULTS: Fifty-eight per cent of the exercise group finished the programme, completing an average of 83% of prescribed sessions, with no adverse events reported. Functional Reach improved significantly (P = 0.002) in the exercise group (mean (SD), 2.28 (4.36)) compared to the control group (-2.99 (4.87)). Significant improvement was also observed for the Falls Risk for Older People - Community score (P = 0.008) and trends for improvement on several other balance, mobility, falls and falls risk measures for the exercise group compared to the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The exercise programme was feasible and safe and may help improve balance and mobility performance and reduce falls risk in people with Alzheimer's disease.
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Physiotherapy; Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy); Aged Health Care; Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to AgeingExport Reference in RIS Format
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