Effects of an exercise programme for chronically ill and mobility-restricted elderly with structured support by the general practitioner's practice (HOMEfit) - study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Open Access
- 21 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Trials
- Vol. 12 (1), 263
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-263
Abstract
Exercise programmes can be administered successfully as therapeutic agents to patients with a number of chronic diseases and help to improve physical functioning in older adults. Usually, such programmes target either healthy and mobile community-dwelling seniors or elderly individuals living in nursing institutions or special residences. Chronically ill or mobility-restricted individuals, however, are difficult to reach when they live in their own homes.This publication has 116 references indexed in Scilit:
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