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ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
卷 85, 期 7, 页码 1043-1049出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.10.021
关键词
frail elderly; home care services; physical therapy; preventive health services; randomized controlled trials; rehabilitation
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [K24 AG 021507, K23 AG 00759] Funding Source: Medline
Objective: To determine whether a home-based physical therapy (PT) program prevented decline in several higher-level measures of physical function among physically frail, community-living older persons. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: General community. Participants: Persons (N=188) who were physically frail and aged 75 years or older. Intervention: A home-based PT program (ie, prehabilitation) that focused primarily on improving underlying impairments in physical capabilities. Main Outcome Measures: Self-reported instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs); mobility, as determined by a modified version of the Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment; timed rapid gait and timed chair stands; and integrated physical performance, as determined by a modified version of the Physical Performance Test, were assessed at baseline, 7 months, and 12 months. Results: As compared with participants in the educational control group, participants in the intervention group had reductions in IADL disability of 17.7% at 7 months (P=.036) and 12.0% at 12 months (P=.143) and had gains, ranging from 7.2% to 15.6%, in mobility and integrated physical performance at 7 and 12 months. Conclusions: Our home-based prehabilitation program offered modest but consistent benefits for the prevention of decline in several higher-level measures of physical function. (C) 2004 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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