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Control participants were offered daily individual physiotherapy sessions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>the primary outcome measure was the Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS). Secondary measures included the Berg Balance Scale, gait speed, Timed Up and Go Test, falls, length of stay and discharge destination.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>participants\u2019 mean age was 84.3 (7.1) years and 61% were female. There was no difference between groups for the improvement in EMS from admission to discharge (effect size \u22120.07, 95% confidence interval: \u22120.26 to 0.11, P = 0.446) and no difference in discharge destination, P = 0.904. 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