title: The impact of daily exercise on the mobility, balance and urine control of cognitively impaired nursing home residents.
abstract: The purpose of this intervention study was to examine the impact of a daily exercise regimen on the mobility, balance, and urine control of a sample of cognitively impaired elderly nursing home residents. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design was used with 15 elderly, cognitively impaired, incontinent nursing home residents. Data were collected regarding walking distance, speed of walking, balance ability, ability to rise from a chair unassisted, ability to walk unassisted, and incidence of urinary incontinence before and after a month of daily assisted walking. Subjects were able to walk significantly greater distances before tiring after the exercise regimen. In addition, the incidence of urinary incontinence was significantly decreased.
authors.affiliation: Wayne State University, College of Nursing, Center for Health Research, Detroit, MI 48202.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jirovec
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D004856:Postural Balance; D013997:Time Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016138:Walking