Safety of the exercise intervention
mini-stroke, mobility-related disability, SAEs
ADVERSE EVENT, TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK
During the 12 month exercise programme there was only one (preventable) serious adverse event that was directly linked to the delivery and management of the exercise sessions for the 410 participants assigned the REACT exercise intervention. This was a fractured hip due to sitting on a faulty chair. One SAE was considered ‘possibly’ related to the REACT programme and this was a transient ischaemic attack (mini-stroke). This SAE occurred outside of the supervised sessions during habitual activity. Based on the small number of SAEs, we consider the REACT programme to be a safe programme to implement for a heterogeneous group of older adults at risk of mobility-related disability.