Effectiveness of Task Specific Gait and Balance Exercise 4 Months After Hip Fracture: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial — The Eva‐Hip Study

DiscussionThis paper describes a task specific exercise programme aimed to improve gait and balance after a hip fracture. Inclusion started in February 2011, and the last 1‐year follow‐up is performed in March 2014. Broad inclusion criteria and physiotherapy‐guided home‐based exercises may facilitate the participation from frail patients and thereby increase the generalizability of the findings. Development and completion of the intervention within routine clinical practice will enlighten the implementation of results into clinical practice. Results may add new insight into how physiotherapy can improve gait and thereby activity and functioning in everyday life and have implications on future content and organization of physiotherapy after a hip fracture. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Physiotherapy Research International - June 1, 2014 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Pernille Thingstad, Kristin Taraldsen, Gunhild Hagen, Sylvi Sand, Ingvild Saltvedt, Olav Sletvold, Jorunn L. Helbostad Tags: Research Article Source Type: research