However, very few studies have explored the feasibility of conducting exercise programmes for hospitalized acute elderly patients [ 43].
The results of this study will help determine the efficacy of home-based exercise training in hemodialysis patients which may be a more cost effective way of conducting an exercise program as many dialysis units are too crowded and busy to allow for intradialytic exercise programs.
It seemed that the capability of conducting the exercises and completing an exercise session provided the participants with a feeling of achievement and a sense of empowerment.
The data here represent a test of the feasibility of conducting the exercise and of the content of the protocol.
Although risk factors associated with hospitalization and functional decline after discharge have been intensively studied, few randomized clinical trials have examined the potential benefits of conducting standard exercise programmes for hospitalized acute elderly medical patients.
They said they hoped to establish direct, secure telecommunication between military leadership and were exploring the idea of conducting joint exercises in a third country.
It all led the outgoing head of the civil service, Sir Gus O'Donnell, to write an uncharacteristically blunt letter to Ms Hodge accusing her of conducting "theatrical exercises in public humiliation", adding: "There is now a serious issue about the way you are perceived by the wider civil service".
In summary, there are many ways of conducting preparedness exercises.
Again, however, we should not underestimate the technical and information requirements of conducting such exercises effectively.
First, many donors are looking for more in-country contextual analysis and many mention the importance of conducting mapping exercises, in order to better understand the social and political landscape of recipient countries and make more informed partner choices.
This paper articulates the experiences of conducting a CV exercise with 49 second- and third-year economics students from the National University of Singapore (in the Environmental Economics course) during the month of October 2001.
