Do home-based exercise interventions improve outcomes for frail older people? Findings from a systematic review

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-78

  Clegg, Andrew P ^a   Barber, Sally E ^a   Young, John B ^a   Forster, Anne ^a   Iliffe, Steve J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community; exercise; frailty; home based; systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGRESSIVE RESISTANCE EXERCISE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WALKING;

EID: 84855712484     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259811000165     Document Type: Review

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