ABLE (Arts-Based Exercise Enhancing LongEvity)

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-31

Study Completion Date

2020-01-31

Brief Summary

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Older adults who are referred to home care physiotherapy often only get to see the physiotherapist three to five times and are expected to continue exercising on their own. We have developed an interactive technology called ABLE that helps older adults do exercise in their homes by making it fun and interactive. We want to see if we can help 25 older adults to exercise with ABLE for three months and if exercising with ABLE for three months changes older adults' strength and balance. A physiotherapist will visit the older adults three times in their homes and show them how to use ABLE and which exercises to do. We will measure older adults' strength and balance before and after using the program and ask them and their family members for feedback about using ABLE. The results of our study will help us decide if we can do a bigger study to test the effect of using ABLE in a larger group of older adults, and to see what effect ABLE might have on strength and balance. The study will also help us incorporate feedback from the older adults and their families to improve ABLE for the next study.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Aging Fall Muscle Weakness Mobility Limitation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

pre-post pilot feasibility

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Exercise

Participants will engage in a physiotherapist-prescribed home exercise program with ABLE, the interactive technology. The exercises that will be prescribed are designed to improve functional mobility via challenging lower extremity strength and balance in a multicomponent exercise program. The difficulty of each exercise will be chosen at the discretion of the physiotherapist based on the participants' performance on the baseline assessments. The exercises will be prescribed at a moderate intensity (moderate balance challenge, 8-12 repetitions for strength exercises with the last few repetitions being challenging) and will be progressed over the study duration to ensure they remain a moderate challenge.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ABLE - exercise with interactive technology

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Multicomponent exercise with interactive technology - consists of wearable sensors and a screen displaying interaction. When the person does the exercises it produces an arts-based response on the screen (e.g., digital painting).,

Interventions

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ABLE - exercise with interactive technology

Multicomponent exercise with interactive technology - consists of wearable sensors and a screen displaying interaction. When the person does the exercises it produces an arts-based response on the screen (e.g., digital painting).,

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* able to stand and walk independently with or without an assistive aid (e.g., walker, cane)
* may have a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment (MoCA \< 25, MMSE \<24, Mini-Cog \<3) if they have caregiver willing to assist with exercises and consent

Exclusion Criteria

* have a diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment (MoCA \< 25, MMSE \<24, Mini-Cog \<3) and have no family member to assist with exercises and consent
* documented absolute contraindications to exercise

Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes