Therapeutic interventions for frail elderly patients: Part I: Published randomized trials

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-143

  Bibas, Lior ^a,b   Levi, Michael ^a,b   Bendayan, Melissa ^c   Mullie, Louis ^a   Forman, Daniel E ^d,e   Afilalo, Jonathan ^b,c,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frailty; Randomized clinical trials; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ATAMESTANE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MILK PROTEIN; MK 0773; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN DIET; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SARCOPENIA; TAI CHI; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRAILTY; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; REVIEW;

FRAILTY; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; SARCOPENIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84909639190     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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