Physical exercise interventions for improving performance-based measures of physical function in community-dwelling, frail older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Giné Garriga, Maria ^a   Roqué Fíguls, Marta ^b,c   Coll Planas, Laura ^b   Sitjà Rabert, Mercè ^a   Salvà, Antoni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exercise; Frail elderly; Meta analysis; Rehabilitation; Review, systematic

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA EXTRACTION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRENGTH; STRETCHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VELOCITY; WALKING;

EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; META-ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; REVIEW, SYSTEMATIC;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84897107361     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.11.007     Document Type: Review

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