Move More Study Email: move@arthritisresearch.ca
Physical frailty in older adults occurs when they have reduced daily function and health. Factors associated with frailty, such as low energy and physical weakness, can pose challenges in daily life. These challenges may include difficulties with housework, personal care, leisure activities, and employment. Physically frail adults often have chronic conditions like heart disease, osteoarthritis, and type-2 diabetes that limit their daily activities and independence.
When older adults increased their physical activity, they can help manage their chronic conditions and prevent frailty. Our recent study showed that physical activity counselling by a physiotherapist can help older adults with chronic conditions stay active. The key to that study was having a physiotherapist work with the person to develop a realistic physical activity plan and make updates over time.
What will be done in this program:
When older adults increased their physical activity, they can help manage their chronic conditions and prevent frailty. Our recent study showed that physical activity counselling by a physiotherapist can help older adults with chronic conditions stay active. The key to that study was having a physiotherapist work with the person to develop a realistic physical activity plan and make updates over time.
Who is involved?
We have put together a ‘Moving More Team’ which includes experts in health research, physiotherapists, people with chronic conditions, older adults and their caregivers. It will assess if physiotherapists can offer activity counseling to older patients as intended. We will use our results to develop a large-scale study across Canada to evaluate whether the new counseling approach helps support older adults to be more physically active in a 24-hour day.
How do people get involved?
Participant recruitment is currently underway for the Moving More project. At this time, patient partners and rehabilitation therapists are being recruited. Participants will be involved in working groups to identify barriers, facilitators, and opportunities to promote the Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines. Recruitment to date has been advertised and presented to the Arthritis Rehabilitation and Education Program (AREP), the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA), and Arthritis Society Canada
Recruitment for this project remains ongoing. Interested participants can contact:
Stephanie Therrien, Study Coordinator at Email: move@arthritisresearch.ca
Funded by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators:
Dr. Linda Li, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Co-Investigators:
Cindy Barha, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Jennifer Davis, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
Ryan Falck, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Lynne Feehan, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Alison Hoens, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Bev Holmes, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
Michelle Kho, McMaster University
Jennifer Leese, PostDoc Fellow
Jasmin Ma, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Marilyn Mackay-Lyons, Dalhousie University
Kenneth Madden, University of British Columbia
Nancy Mayo, McGill University
Olga Theou, Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia)
Hubert Wong, University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
Hui Xie, Simon Fraser University