Home-Based Physical Therapy for Older Adults After Hip Fracture

To the Editor A randomized clinical trial of a multicomponent home-based physical therapy intervention, compared with an active control intervention, for older adults recovering from hip fracture reported 6 falls in the intervention (training) group vs 4 in the control group. Two of the falls in the training group occurred during supervised training sessions, resulting in 1 hip fracture. There was a fatality in the training group of unclear etiology. The rate and consequence of falls during supervised exercise training in this study are unusual for exercise intervention trials in older adults. Their circumstances warrant clarification.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research