Frailty: Role of nutrition and exercise

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-39

  Kelaiditi, Eirini ^a   Van Kan, Gabor Abellan ^a,b   Cesari, Matteo ^a,b,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Exercise; Frailty; Nutrition; Review

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE;

AGED; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890993468     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000008     Document Type: Review

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