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| Name | Class |
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| McMaster Institute for Research on Aging | UNKNOWN |
| Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada | UNKNOWN |
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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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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Exercise | Experimental | 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. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| ABLE - exercise with interactive technology | 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)., |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Recruitment | The number of participants recruited over one year. | One year |
| Retention | The number of participants who complete visit 4. | Three months |
| Adherence | The number of days per week that participants complete the home exercise program. | Three months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) | The SPPB is a measure of lower extremity function through measures of balance (timed static stance in feet together, semi-tandem and tandem with eyes open), gait speed, and the time to rise from a chair | Three months |
| Balance Outcome Measure for Elder Rehabilitation (BOOMER) |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Caitlin M McArthur, PhD, MScPT | Contact | 905-521-2100 | 77716 | mcarthurc@hhsc.ca |
| Jessica Belgrave Sookhoo, BSc | Contact | 905-521-2100 | 12232 | belgravej@hhsc.ca |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, MSc | McMaster University | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D018908 | Muscle Weakness |
| D051346 | Mobility Limitation |
| ID | Term |
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| D009135 | Muscular Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D020879 | Neuromuscular Manifestations |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
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pre-post pilot feasibility
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The BOOMER is a measure of static and dynamic balance |
| Three months |
| International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) | The IPAQ is a self-report measure of time spent (e.g., duration per session, and number of session in the past 7 days) in strength training, yoga/Tai Chi/other balance activities, vigorous physical activity, moderate physical activity, walking, and sitting/lying down while awake | Three months |
| Self-reported falls as reported in daily diary | A slip or a trip where the person loses their balance and part or all of their body lands on the ground, floor, or lower level | Three months |
| Participant feedback | Participants and their caregivers (if they assisted with the intervention) will provide their feedback on the technology and participation in the pilot study via one-on-one qualitative interviews completed during the last study visit. | Three months |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |