Journal article
The Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions for the Management of Frailty: A Systematic Review
Abstract
This systematic review examines the effectiveness of current exercise interventions for the management of frailty. Eight electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled trials that identified their participants as "frail" either in the title, abstract, and/or text and included exercise as an independent component of the intervention. Three of the 47 included studies utilized a validated definition of frailty to categorize …
Authors
Theou O; Stathokostas L; Roland KP; Jakobi JM; Patterson C; Vandervoort AA; Jones GR
Journal
Journal of Aging Research, Vol. 2011, No. 1,
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 4, 2011
DOI
10.4061/2011/569194
ISSN
2090-2204