Reporter brief
RCT of volunteer-led walking reduced hospital deconditioning and functional decline in ambulatory patients
What happened
This RCT tested whether engaging hospitalized ambulatory patients to walk with trained volunteers would reduce deconditioning and functional decline. The investigators hypothesized that increased walking through volunteer engagement would lead to less muscle loss, fewer falls, shorter hospital stays, and reduced readmission rates. Results of the trial are not provided in the abstract.
Why it matters
Assessment pending; this report does not establish a change in evidence.
What it does NOT prove
- Limitations have not been recorded; consult the primary source.
Study design and sample
Rct; Human.
Ambulatory patients admitted to hospital; patients vulnerable to post-hospital syndrome, deconditioning, functional decline, and falls
- Design
- Rct
- Sample
- —
- Journal
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
Effect size
Not recorded.
Caveats
- Assessment: Superseded.
- Only the source material recorded on this evidence page was assessed.
Conflicts and funding
Not recorded.
Previous evidence
See the Exercise timeline and recorded assessment for prior evidence.
Primary source
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