Nutritional, Physical, Cognitive, and Combination Interventions and Frailty Reversal among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1225-1236.e1

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Feng, Liang ^a   Nyunt, Ma Shwe Zin ^a   Feng, Lei ^a   Niti, Mathew ^b   Tan, Boon Yeow ^c   Chan, Gribson ^c   Khoo, Sue Anne ^d   Chan, Sue Mei ^d   Yap, Philip ^d   Yap, Keng Bee ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c St Luke's Hospital   (Singapore)

^d KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Frailty; Nutritional supplementation; Physical exercise

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING ASSESSMENT; ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ENERGY; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGAPORE; SLOWNESS; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946493366     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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