Status:

COMPLETED

Home Telerehabilitation for Deconditioned Older Adults

Lead Sponsor:

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Conditions:

Osteoarthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a home exercise program for patients 60 years of age and over who are deconditioned following their discharge from the hospital, or recruited from GLA outpatien...

Detailed Description

The aim of this study is to develop and determine the feasibility of implementing a home exercise and functional status monitoring telerehabilitation program, known as TEL-REHAB, for older adults 60 y...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • acute decline in functional status while hospitalized as reported by the patient
  • physically inactive outpatients (exercise less than 30 min/day, 3 d/wk)
  • ability to hear and communicate via telephone
  • ability to read a video or text monitor
  • ability to manually operate the technology
  • have a working telephone and power source
  • willingness to use the TEL-REHAB technology

Exclusion

  • does not speak English
  • poor cognition as determined by the Mini-Cog
  • non-ambulatory
  • had a stroke, myocardial infarction, hip fracture, or total hip or knee replacement within the prior 6 months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

38 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00386256

Start Date

October 1 2006

End Date

June 1 2008

Last Update

August 15 2014

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VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West LA

West Los Angeles, California, United States, 90073