Pilot Study to Evaluate Limitations to Participating in an Exercise Program

这项研究的首要目标是筛选老年人生活在社区中，以确定那些谁是移动的，但在未来的残疾风险增加，以评估限制参加锻炼计划，并描述了那种锻炼计划，将是适当的。具体问题包括：1.从电话筛选到家庭评估再到诊所检查的三级筛选和招募计划的有效性如何？1.有多少人说他们能走路？一英里爬楼梯居然能走400米？2.有多大比例的潜在合格人群（符合以下筛选标准）已经在步行锻炼或进行其他形式的锻炼？3.哪些疾病、身体缺陷或症状会阻止潜在合格的人参加锻炼计划或该计划的某些方面？4.在那些可以锻炼的人中，他们可以做哪些具体的锻炼，以及他们开始这些锻炼的强度是多少？5.这组人开始锻炼计划的准备程度如何？哪些疾病、功能和心理社会特征与锻炼准备程度相关？我们将使用3阶段方法筛选和评估研究受试者。本初步研究的受试者是符合特定标准的便利样本。受试者将进入筛选过程，直到100名合格并完成完整的三个阶段的评价。- 衰老、运动、残疾、筛查-人类受试者

The overarching goals of this research are to screen older persons living in the community to identify those who are mobile but at increased risk of future disability, to evaluate limitations to participating in an exercise program, and to describe the kind of exercise program that would be appropriate. Specific questions to be addressed include:1.What is the effectiveness of a three-level screening and recruitment program that progresses from a telephone screen, to a home evaluation, to a clinic exam?1.What proportion of people who say that they can walk ? mile and climb stairs can actually walk 400 meters?2.What proportion of potentially eligible people (meeting screening criteria below) are already walking for exercise or doing other forms of exercise?3.What are the diseases, physical impairments, or symptoms that will prevent potentially eligible people from participating in an exercise program or some aspect of the program?4.Among those who can exercise, what specific exercises can they do and at what level of intensity can they begin these exercises?5.What is the readiness of this group of persons to begin an exercise program and what disease, functional, and psychosocial characteristics are associated with readiness to exercise?We will screen and evaluate study subjects using a 3-stage approach. The subjects for this pilot study are a convenience sample who meet specific criteria. Subjects will be entered into the screening process until 100 have qualified for and completed the full three stages of evaluation. - aging, exercise, disability, screening - Human Subjects