HealthySteps: Exercise for Older Adults With Mobility Limitation

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

72

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2013

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2013

Conditions
Mobility Limitation
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Timing and Coordination

This intervention is based on progressively difficult stepping and walking patterns that promote the timing and coordination of stepping within the gait cycle. Small-group 60-minute classes twice weekly for 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic Walking

Outdoor walking with progressive increases in exercise intensity. Small-group 60-minute classes twice weekly for 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Stretching and Relaxation

Full-body stretching, range-of-motion exercises, and relaxation techniques. No specific gait training. Small-group 60-minute classes twice weekly for 12 weeks.

Trial Locations (1)

V5Z 1M9

Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Drummond Foundation

UNKNOWN

lead

Simon Fraser University

OTHER

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