Clinical Trial: Assisted Ambulation to Improve Health Outcomes for Older Medical Inpatients
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Mobility Limitation
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Randomized Trial of Assisted Ambulation to Improve Health Outcomes for Older Medical Inpatients
Brief Summary:
The investigator proposes to conduct a randomized trial of supervised ambulation delivered by mobility technician (MT) up to three times daily, including weekends, to hospitalized medical patients.The aims of the study are to compare the short and intermediate-term outcomes of patients randomized to the intervention versus those patients randomized to receive usual care, to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from the intervention and to assess whether the intervention increases or decreases overall…
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