FICSIT


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FICSIT

Fraility & Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques, pron 'fix-it' Geriatrics A series of randomized placebo-controlled trials that assessed various interventions, in ↓ falls and frailty in elderly Pts. See Geriatrics, Gerontology.
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The Seattle FICSIT group used a single exercise strategy (strengthening only or endurance training only) and a combination strategy (strengthening and endurance training) in their design [36].
Abbreviations: 1RM = one repetition maximum, ADL = activities of daily living, FICSIT = Frailty and Injuries Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques (study), OT = occupational therapist, PT = physical therapist, RCT = randomized controlled trial.
Update on falls prevention for community-dwelling older adults: review of single and multifactorial intervention programs
Judge, J.O., Schechtman, K., Cress, E., & the FICSIT Group.
Physical activity determinants of older women: what influences activity? (CE Series)
Rossiter-Fornoff JE, Wolf SL, Wolfson LI, Buchner DM (1995) A cross-sectional validation study of the FICSIT common data base static balance measures.
Choosing outcome measures that reflect what is important to the patient: a case study of Clinical Pilates in a woman with multiple sclerosis
One of the first studies to examine the efficacy of a multifactorial intervention approach to reducing falls was conducted by Tinetti and colleagues as one of the multicenter FICSIT trials [33].
Preventing falls among older adults: no "one size suits all" intervention strategy
(Compliance with hip protectors has also become the target of an ongoing FICSIT study in the United States [13].) The authors of the British study persuaded 101 female residents in a rest home to wear external hip protectors for up to 12 weeks.
Hip protectors
The question was also one of two concerning choice, control and mastery used in the Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques (FICSIT) trials [22] and taken from the Americans' Changing Lives research being conducted by the Institute of Social Research of the University of Michigan [8].
Control over future health in old age: characteristics of believers and sceptics

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