Computer delivered exercises may provide primary and secondary prevention and be accessible to a wide number of individuals.
Oomph Wellness, for example, a social enterprise that trains staff to deliver exercise classes to care home residents, has developed a simple theory of change that captures how it makes a difference.
This position article provides evidence-based guidelines on the role of exercise training for CKD patients and provides recommendations for prescribing and delivering exercise training.
Both programs deliver exercise training three times a week with each session lasting one hour.
The 34 homes randomised to deliver exercise comprised residential (n = 25) and nursing homes (n = 9).
A subsample of 428 adults aged over 75 years residing in 34 homes randomised to deliver exercise was identified.
Smart phone apps are currently used for management of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiac rehabilitation, as well as to deliver exercise programmes.
This multi-media format, which can also be used to deliver exercise advice from pulmonary rehabilitation programmes, provides a means of reinforcing self-management strategies.
These two intervention components provide important information about the challenges that need to be addressed when delivering exercise programmes through training sessions only.
This involved teaching on the processes and rationale of the trial as well as instruction on how to deliver exercise groups.
