Award for AMKNIMSa study on training methods with residents in a care home environment
© Luis Nelsen
- AMKNIMSa study on the training of residents in a care home environment
- Treatment of muscle disorders caused by immobilisation
- KompetenzNetzwerk Immobilisationsbedingter MuskelStörungen (KNIMS)
Muscle atrophy and weakness, also due to our increasingly ageing society, are a problem of growing importance in medicine. Often lack of exercise and lack of training measures are responsible for this. With the KNIMS network, DLR and its network partners are researching muscle disorders caused by immobilization and developing appropriate treatment methods. The AMKNIMSa study on the acceptance and feasibility of the KNIMS algorithm in a nursing home environment in five different homes of the ORPEA Germany Group investigated how specific training is accepted by staff and residents in everyday life in nursing homes and how it can be implemented. The study has now been recognized at the ORPEA Excellence Awards in the Research category as an innovative idea to advance the care sector.
The aim of the study was to test the acceptance and feasibility of the training in order to integrate it into the daily routine of care facilities. In five homes, residents and staff used the training algorithm developed by KNIMS (KompetenzNetzwerk Immobilisationsbedingter MuskelStörungen). This provides staff with clear guidelines for improving residents' mobility. The training is designed in such a way that it can be individually tailored to the resident's abilities. Only minimal and inexpensive equipment is required.
Initial results and evaluations show that the program offers both physiological and psychosocial benefits, including a potential improvement in mobility and pain reduction. At the same time, the sense of community is strengthened. The possibility of carrying out the training in short units and integrating it into everyday life, as well as the positive feedback from staff, increase acceptance, motivation and willingness to train.
The KNIMS network brings together scientific and practical clinicians and basic researchers and provides a platform for discussing the diagnosis and treatment of immobilization-related muscle disorders.
Contact
Jonas Böcker
Friederike Wütscher
Jonas Böcker
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin
Muskel- und Knochenstoffwechsel
Köln
Telefon:+49 2203 601 2921
Internet:https://www.dlr.de/me
Friederike Wütscher
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit / Institutskommunikation
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin
Institutsleitung
Köln
Telefon: +49 2203 601-3328
Internet:https://www.dlr.de/me