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Feasibility of a Physical Therapy Intervention on Older Adults With Hyperkyphosis or Forward Head Posture

Feasibility of a Post-Hospitalization PT Intervention in Patients With Pneumonia

Sponsor
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (Academic or other)
Enrollment
24 enrolled
Conditions
Pneumonia; COPD; Hyperkyphosis; Postural, Thoracic Kyphosis
Interventions
Manual therapy and exercise
Ages
adults, older adults
Registry
NCT04114331

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

From the registry

The original intent was to use a manual therapy and therapeutic exercise intervention with older patients with pneumonia post-hospitalization. It was hypothesized that the physical therapy intervention would have a positive impact on posture, physical function, pulmonary function, gait, quality of life, and ultimately readmission. This patient population was found to be not feasible to recruit and the study target population was expanded to include older community dwelling adults with pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or hyperkyphosis.

Primary outcomes

  • Posture, as measured by change in height
  • Posture, as measured by change in kyphotic index
  • Posture, as measured by change in block test
  • Posture, visual change in digital photos

History

  1. Last registry update

  2. Study completion

  3. Registered

  4. Primary completion

  5. Started

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