AGE Research Group members attend annual Physiotherapy conference in Manchester

AGE Research Group members Professor Miles Witham and Dr Christopher Hurst contributed to a symposium on Exercise interventions for older people living with sarcopenia and frailty at the annual conference of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in Manchester. The symposium showcased the work of the Benchmarking Exercise Programme for Older People (BEPOP) that is hosted by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre and run jointly with AGILE (the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists special interest section for working with Older People) and the British Geriatrics Society.

Miles and Chris presented alongside AGILE colleagues Sarah De Biase and Susanne Arnold in a well-attended session dedicated to improving physiotherapy for older people with frailty and sarcopenia. The symposium covered findings and recommendations from BEPOP, a nationwide service improvement project aimed at driving the development and uptake of best practice for exercise interventions for older people living with sarcopenia and frailty in the UK.

You can read more about the results from the first wave of the BEPOP project which have been published in the Journal of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Falls here: https://www.jfsf.eu/Article.php?AID=v09i03_169

BEPOP is now making good progress with the second wave of data collection with more results expected in 2025. You can read more about BEPOP here: www.bepop.org.uk

To express an interest in participating in future waves of BEPOP, you can email us at:  nuth.bepop@nhs.net

Last modified: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:28:35 GMT