A physical activity intervention to treat the frailty syndrome in older persons - Results from the LIFE-P study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-222

  Cesari, Matteo ^a,b   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b   Hsu, Fang Chi ^c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Doss, Hani ^e   King, Abby C ^f   Manini, Todd M ^g   Church, Timothy ^h   Gill, Thomas M ⁱ   Miller, Michael E ^c   Pahor, Marco ^f  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Frailty; Physical activity; Physical function; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922432479     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu099     Document Type: Article

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