What this means
This study is testing a home exercise plan for older patients. The plan is made to fit each person and aims to protect how well they move after a hospital stay. No results have been posted yet, so we do not know if it works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 60 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Strength-based Tailored-Exercise Program at Home for Geriatric Patients
- Trial ID
- NCT06820021 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Frailty, Geriatrics
- What is tested
- Strength-based Tailored-Exercise Program at Home (STEP@Home), Physical activity education
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Ages
- 60 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Feb 11, 2025 · updated Apr 6, 2026
Registry summary
This study focuses on the "Strength-based Tailored-Exercise Program at Home (STEP@Home)" aimed at improving health outcomes for geriatric patients at risk of hospitalization-associated functional decline. It is a sequential mixed-method study that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Sites (1)
- the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong