Exercise training and nutritional supplementation for physical frailty in very elderly people

Background. Although disuse of skeletal muscle and undernutrition are often cited as potentially reversible causes of frailty in elderly people, the efficacy of interventions targeted specifically at these deficits has not been carefully studied. Methods. We conducted a randomized, placebo-controlle...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 330; no. 25; pp. 1769 - 1775
Main Authors:	Fiatarone, M.A, O'Neill, E.F, Ryan, N.D, Clements, K.M, Solares, G.R, Nelson, M.E, Roberts, S.B, Kehayias, J.J, Lipsitz, L.A, Evans, W.J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 23-06-1994
Subjects:	ACTIVIDAD FISICA ACTIVITE PHYSIQUE Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Biological and medical sciences Body Composition Chronic illnesses COMPLEMENT ALIMENTAIRE Dietary supplements EFECTOS SECUNDARIOS EFFET SECONDAIRE Energy Energy Intake ESTADO NUTRICIONAL ETAT NUTRITIONNEL Exercise Exercise Therapy Female FEMME Fitness training programs Food, Fortified Frail Elderly Frailty Gait Geriatrics HOMBRES HOMME Humans Hypertension Male MASSACHUSETTS Medical research Medical sciences Metabolic diseases MOUVEMENT MOVIMIENTO MUJERES Muscle function Muscle strength Muscles - physiology NUTRICION HUMANA Nutrition NUTRITION HUMAINE Nutrition research Nutritional Status Older people Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...) PERSONNE AGEE Physical activity Physical Endurance Physical fitness Physical training Rehabilitation RESISTANCE MECANIQUE RESISTENCIA MECANICA Skeletal muscle Strength training SUPLEMENTOS TERCERA EDAD Undernutrition Human Physical exercise Treatment Malnutrition Elderly Feeding
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