Effects of physical exercise interventions in frail older adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

C de Labra, C Guimaraes-Pinheiro, A Maseda… - BMC geriatrics, 2015 - Springer
Background Low physical activity has been shown to be one of the most common
components of frailty, and interventions have been considered to prevent or reverse this …

Home-based exercise can be beneficial for counteracting sedentary behavior and physical inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults

A Ghram, W Briki, H Mansoor… - Postgraduate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The novel pandemic called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a global public health
emergency, seems to be having a major impact on physical activity (PA) behaviors. Older …

Physical activity and exercise as countermeasures to physical frailty and sarcopenia

E Marzetti, R Calvani, M Tosato, M Cesari… - Aging clinical and …, 2017 - Springer
The identification of cost-effective interventions that improve the health status and prevent
disability in old age is one of the most important public health challenges. Regular physical …

A review of the effects of physical activity and exercise on cognitive and brain functions in older adults

L Bherer, KI Erickson… - Journal of aging research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Studies supporting the notion that physical activity and exercise can help alleviate the
negative impact of age on the body and the mind abound. This literature review provides an …

Different cognitive frailty models and health-and cognitive-related outcomes in older age: from epidemiology to prevention

F Panza, M Lozupone, V Solfrizzi… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Frailty, a critical intermediate status of the aging process that is at increased risk for negative
health-related events, includes physical, cognitive, and psychosocial domains or …

Depression and frailty in later life: a systematic review

L Vaughan, AL Corbin, JS Goveas - Clinical interventions in aging, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Frailty and depression are important issues affecting older adults. Depressive syndrome
may be difficult to clinically disambiguate from frailty in advanced old age. Current reviews …

Frailty and cognitive impairment—a review of the evidence and causal mechanisms

DA Robertson, GM Savva, RA Kenny - Ageing research reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Incidence rates of cognitive impairment and dementia are rising with the ageing population.
Meanwhile, the limited success of current treatments has led to a search for early markers of …

The effectiveness of exercise interventions for the management of frailty: a systematic review

O Theou, L Stathokostas, KP Roland… - Journal of aging …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This systematic review examines the effectiveness of current exercise interventions for the
management of frailty. Eight electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled …

Cognitive frailty, a novel target for the prevention of elderly dependency

Q Ruan, Z Yu, M Chen, Z Bao, J Li, W He - Ageing research reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Frailty is a complex and heterogeneous clinical syndrome. Cognitive frailty has been
considered as a subtype of frailty. In this study, we refine the definition of cognitive frailty …

Effects of physical exercise therapy on mobility, physical functioning, physical activity and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults with impaired mobility …

NM De Vries, CD Van Ravensberg… - Ageing research …, 2012 - Elsevier
This is the first meta-analysis focusing on elderly patients with mobility problems, physical
disability and/or multi-morbidity. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of physical …