Safety and Feasibility of a Novel In--Bed Resistance Training Device in Elderly Inpatients

The AM - PAC measures 3 functional domains: basic mobility, daily activities and applied cognition . It may be used for assessment in adults with a wide range of diagnoses and levels of performance in the 3 domains . The '6 - Clicks' instruments may have advantages over the instruments previously developed for the acute care setting in that they are simple and quick to complete, provide a transparent measure of patients' capabilities in functional areas important for prioritization of therapy resources , and use Item Response Theory to derive a common metric that can be linked with other short forms derived from the AM - PAC instrument.

Quantified by measuring the amount of static force that the hand can squeeze around a dynamometer

Count of the number of times a patient is able to come to a modified standing position in 30 seconds

Two summary scores are reported from the SF-12 - a mental component score (MCS-12) and a physical component score (PCS-12). The scores may be reported as Z-scores (difference compared to the population average, measured in standard deviations). The United States population average PCS-12 and MCS-12 are both 50 points. The United States population standard deviation is 10 points. So each 10 increment of 10 points above or below 50, corresponds to one standard deviation away from the average.