Fiatarone 1997.

Study characteristics
Methods	RCT
Participants	Setting: USA N = 34 Sample: frail older people (94% women) Age (years): mean 82 (SD 1) Inclusion criteria: community‐dwelling older people; moderate to severe functional impairment Exclusion criteria: none given
Interventions	1. High‐intensity progressive resistance training exercises in own home (3 day/wk for 16 wks). 2 weeks instruction and then weekly phone calls. 11 different upper and lower limb exercises with arm and leg weights 2. Control: wait list control. Weekly phone calls
Outcomes	1. "Frequency of falls" but probably means fallers Other outcomes reported but not included in this review
Duration of the study	16 wks (duration of intervention)
Notes	Abstract only
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Method of randomisation not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Falls and fallers	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Fallers	Unclear risk	SeeAppendix 3 for method of assessment. Insufficient information to permit judgement.
Risk of bias in recall of falls	Unclear risk	Interval recall. Falls identified weekly by phone call.