Objective To explore health professionals' perspectives on physical activity and sedentary
behaviour of hospitalised adults to understand factors that contribute to these behaviours in …

Purpose To determine the effectiveness of hospital-based interventions designed to reduce
Hospital-Associated Deconditioning (HAD) for people in inpatient hospital settings. Materials …

Background Immobility is major contributor to poor outcomes for older people during
hospitalisation with an acute medical illness. Yet currently there is no specific mobility …

Aims To examine the effectiveness of targeted nursing interventions on mobilization,
nutrition and cognitive engagement to reduce functional and hospital‐associated decline …

Background Inactivity is frequent among older patients during hospitalization. It is unknown
how patients' daily activity pattern (diurnal profile) vary between hospitalization and after …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the recovery of physical functioning and
objective physical activity levels up to 3 months after oncological surgery and to determine …

Background Promoting patient mobility helps improve patient outcomes, but mobility status
is not widely tracked nor do patients have specific individualized mobility goals. Purpose We …

Older adults often lose their ability to independently ambulate during a hospital stay. Few
studies have investigated older adults' experiences with ambulation during hospitalization …

Sedentary behaviors and low physical activity among hospitalized patients have detrimental
effects on health and recovery. Wearable activity monitors are a promising tool to promote …

Background In 2017 Public Health England and Sport England commissioned a Consultant-
led Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) pilot to test the feasibility and acceptability of …