What this means
This is a trial that is still signing up people, so no results are out yet. It will test whether supervised exercise can stop older patients from losing abilities during a hospital stay.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Preventing Hospital Associated Disability in Older Patients: Individualized Nutrition and Exercise Strategy
- Trial ID
- NCT07373587 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia in Elderly, Hospital Associated Disability, Malnutrition Elderly, Physical Function
- What is tested
- Exercise
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Jan 28, 2026 · updated Sep 30, 2026
Registry summary
Aproximately a third of persons older than 70 years lose physical function and ability to take care of themselves during a stay at a hospital. This is associated to an increased risk of readmission and mortality. Earlier research has shown that insufficient nutrition and physical activity during hospital stay, leading to a loss in muscle mass and strength, plays an important role in this fall in functionality. This study aims to examine if a structured and supervised resistance and mobility exercise intervention, can prevent this fall in functional ability during hospital stay among older patients. The Impact of nutritional status will be investigated by registrering caloric, protein and hydtrational intake during the study period.
Sites (1)
- Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark