355
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2002
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2008
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2008
Control Condition
The group participated in the usual nursing home activities and routines.
Individualized Social Activities (ISA)
The group received individualized social activities one hour daily, during usual brief daytime napping episodes, between 9 am to 5 pm in brief 15-30 minute intervals five days a week.
Physical Resistance Training and Walking (PRT/walking)
The group participated in high intensity PRT to the hip and arm extensors (three sets of eight repetitions per muscle per group, approximately 40 minutes) plus 10 minutes of warm-up and 10 minutes of cool-down on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons for one hour (between 2-5pm). On Tuesdays and Thursdays, participants walked with a research assistant for as long as the participant could walk for up to 60 minutes.
Combined ISA/PRT/walking
The group had one hour of ISA in the morning or afternoon and one hour of PRT/walking in the afternoon from 2-5pm five days a week. This group received interventions for 2 hours per day.
Little Rock
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
NIH