TY - JOUR AU - Brach, Michael AU - Nieder, Frank AU - Nieder, Ulrike AU - Mechling, Heinz PY - 2009 DA - 2009/11/24 TI - Implementation of preventive strength training in residential geriatric care: a multi-centre study protocol with one year of interventions on multiple levels JO - BMC Geriatrics SP - 51 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - There is scientific evidence that preventive physical exercise is effective even in high age. In contrast, there are few opportunities of preventive exercise for highly aged people endangered by or actually in need of care. For example, they would not be able to easily go to training facilities; standard exercises may be too intensive and therefore be harmful to them; orientation disorders like dementia would exacerbate individuals and groups in following instructions and keeping exercises going. In order to develop appropriate interventions, these and other issues were assigned to different levels: the individual-social level (ISL), the organisational-institutional level (OIL) and the political-cultural level (PCL). Consequently, this conceptional framework was utilised for development, implementation and evaluation of a new strength and balance exercise programme for old people endangered by or actually in need of daily care. The present paper contains the development of this programme labeled "fit for 100", and a study protocol of an interventional single-arm multi-centre trial. SN - 1471-2318 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-51 DO - 10.1186/1471-2318-9-51 ID - Brach2009 ER -