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| Title |
A novel dynamic exercise initiative for older people to improve health and well-being: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12877-015-0057-5 |
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| Authors |
Myrla Patricia Reis Sales, Remco Polman, Keith D. Hill, Tuire Karaharju-Huisman, Pazit Levinger |
| Abstract |
Exercise is an important and effective approach to preventing falls in older people, but adherence to exercise participation remains a persistent problem. A unique purpose-built exercise park was designed to provide a fun but physically challenging environment to support exercise in a community setting. This project is a randomised controlled trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise intervention using an exercise park specifically designed for older people in reducing the risk of falls. This study will be a parallel randomised control trial with pre and post intervention design. One hundred and twenty people aged between 60 and 90 years old will be recruited from Melbourne suburbs and will be randomly allocated to either an exercise park intervention group (EPIG) or a control group (CG). The CG will receive social activities and an educational booklet on falls prevention. The BOOMER balance test will be used as the primary outcome measure. Secondary outcome measures will include hand grip strength, two minute walk test, lower limb strength test, spatio-temporal walking parameters, health related quality of life, feasibility, adherence, safety, and a number of other psychosocial measures. Outcome assessment will be conducted at baseline and at 18 and 26 weeks after intervention commencement. Participants will inform their falls and physical activity history for a 12-month period via monthly calendars. Mixed linear modelling incorporating intervention and control groups at the baseline and two follow up time points (18 weeks and 26 weeks after intervention commencement) will be used to assess outcomes. This planned trial will be the first to provide evidence if the exercise park can improve functional and physiological health, psychological and well-being. In addition, this study will provide empirical evidence for effectiveness and explore the barriers to participation and the acceptability of the senior exercise park in the Australian older community. This trial is registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry - Registry No. ACTRN12614000700639 registered on Jul 3rd 2014. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 40% |
| Spain | 2 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 60% |
| Scientists | 4 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 236 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 233 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 9% |
| Researcher | 17 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 43 | 18% |
| Unknown | 77 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 37 | 16% |
| Sports and Recreations | 26 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 11% |
| Psychology | 15 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 14% |
| Unknown | 90 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 November 2015.
All research outputs
#5,562,683
of 23,302,246 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#1,281
of 3,310 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#62,844
of 265,069 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#17
of 32 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,302,246 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 76th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,310 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its peers.
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