Effect of a home-based exercise program on functional recovery following rehabilitation after hip fracture: a randomized clinical trial

Nancy K Latham, Bette Ann Harris, Jonathan F Bean, Timothy Heeren, Christine Goodyear, Stacey Zawacki, Diane M Heislein, Jabed Mustafa, Poonam Pardasaney, Marie Giorgetti, Nicole Holt, Lori Goehring, Alan M Jette, Nancy K Latham, Bette Ann Harris, Jonathan F Bean, Timothy Heeren, Christine Goodyear, Stacey Zawacki, Diane M Heislein, Jabed Mustafa, Poonam Pardasaney, Marie Giorgetti, Nicole Holt, Lori Goehring, Alan M Jette

Abstract

Importance: For many older people, long-term functional limitations persist after a hip fracture. The efficacy of a home exercise program with minimal supervision after formal hip fracture rehabilitation ends has not been established.

Objective: To determine whether a home exercise program with minimal contact with a physical therapist improved function after formal hip fracture rehabilitation ended.

Design, setting, and participants: Randomized clinical trial conducted from September 2008 to October 2012 in the homes of 232 functionally limited older adults who had completed traditional rehabilitation after a hip fracture.

Interventions: The intervention group (n = 120) received functionally oriented exercises (such as standing from a chair, climbing a step) taught by a physical therapist and performed independently by the participants in their homes for 6 months. The attention control group (n = 112) received in-home and telephone-based cardiovascular nutrition education.

Main outcomes and measures: Physical function assessed at baseline, 6 months (ie, at completion of the intervention), and 9 months by blinded assessors. The primary outcome was change in function at 6 months measured by the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB; range 0-12, higher score indicates better function) and the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) mobility and daily activity (range, 23-85 and 9-101, higher score indicates better function).

Results: Among the 232 randomized patients, 195 were followed up at 6 months and included in the primary analysis. The intervention group (n=100) showed significant improvement relative to the control group (n=95) in functional mobility (mean SPPB scores for intervention group: 6.2 [SD, 2.7] at baseline, 7.2 [SD, 3] at 6 months; control group: 6.0 [SD, 2.8] at baseline, 6.2 [SD, 3] at 6 months; and between-group differences: 0.8 [95% CI, 0.4 to 1.2], P < .001; mean AM-PAC mobility scores for intervention group: 56.2 [SD, 7.3] at baseline, 58.1 [SD, 7.9] at 6 months; control group: 56 [SD, 7.1] at baseline, 56.6 [SD, 8.1] at 6 months; and between-group difference, 1.3 [95% CI, 0.2 to 2.4], P = .03; and mean AM-PAC daily activity scores for intervention group: 57.4 [SD, 13.7] at baseline, 61.3 [SD, 15.7] at 6 months; control group: 58.2 [SD, 15.2] at baseline, 58.6 [SD, 15.3] at 6 months; and between-group difference, 3.5 [95% CI, 0.9 to 6.0], P = .03). In multiple imputation analyses, between-group differences remained significant for SPPB and AM-PAC daily activity, but not for mobility. Significant between-group differences persisted at 9 months for all functional measures with and without imputation.

Conclusions and relevance: Among patients who had completed standard rehabilitation after hip fracture, the use of a home-based functionally oriented exercise program resulted in modest improvement in physical function at 6 months after randomization. The clinical importance of these findings remains to be determined.

Trial registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00592813.

Figures

Figure 1. Patient Recruitment, Attrition, and Retention
Figure 1. Patient Recruitment, Attrition, and Retention
Individuals who missed the 6-month assessment were still eligible to attend the 9-month assessment. There were 172 individuals who completed both the 6- and 9-month assessments, 20 completed only the 6-month assessment, and 7 completed only the 9-month assessment.
Figure 2. Changes in Functional Measures Over…
Figure 2. Changes in Functional Measures Over Time
The top whisker indicates the maximum value; the bottom whisker, the minimum value; the top of the box, 75th percentile; the bottom of the box, 25th percentile; horizontal line inside the box, median; and circle, mean.

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