Key training role for LLT in national rollout of REACT

REtirement in ACTion (REACT), the groundbreaking exercise programme for older adults at risk of mobility loss, is being rolled out across two regions in England. It has been demonstrated as significantly improving older adults’ physical function for at least two years through the clinical trial funded by the @National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Grant funding from…

August 11, 2025News, Older Adult Exercise and Physical Activity Theory and Guidance, Older People, Physical Activity and Exercise, Research and Research OrganisationsBy Later Life Training

FaME (PSI) and Parkinsons Disease – Evidence

Vicki Goodwin and colleagues adapted the FaME exercises for their pragmatic randomised controlled trial looking at falls prevention in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). You can view the paper here. Methods: Recruitment was from three primary and four secondary care organisations, and PD support groups in South West England. The intervention was delivered in community…

September 21, 2013News, PSI CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – Original OEP trial – RCT 1997

In 1997, Campbell and colleagues published seminal work on exercise and falls prevention. The exercise programme (OEP) was to become the basis of many future RCTs and formed the home exercise component of the FaME (PSI) trials by Skelton et al. later on. Click here to view this first paper.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – OEP in the over 80s – RCT 1999

Campbell in 1999 published the results 2 years on from the original RCT, particularly considering the effect on older people aged 80+. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – Effectiveness and cost of OEP – RCT 2001

Robertson et al have published information on effectiveness and cost of OEP delivered by physiotherapists in this 2001 paper. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – Effectiveness of OEP – controlled trials 2001

Robertson et al describe their controlled trials in multiple centres across New Zealand – OEP delivered by Physiotherapists. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Review – Practical delivery of OEP – 2002

Gardner et al, in 2001, describe the practical delivery and support of the OEP exercises. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – OEP delivered by trained nurses in a primary care setting – 2002

Gardner et al, in 2002, showed that nurses trained in OEP delivery could effectively lead older people in the OEP exercises and reduce falls. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Review – Meta-analysis of effects of OEP on falls – 2002

In 2002, Robertson and Campbell published a meta-analysis of all their research trials considering OEP and falls reduction. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

Research – OEP, Occupational Therapy and Visual Impairment – 2005

In 2005 this paper by Campbell et al, showed that falls could be reduced in people with visual impairment with occupational therapy input. One arm of the trial used OEP exercises and in those who adhered to the training programme, there was a reduction in falls. Click here to view.

December 31, 2010OEP CourseBy Dawn Skelton

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