Impacts of Remote Physical Exercises on Functional Status and Mobility among Community-Dwelling Pre-Disabled Seniors during the Covid-19 Lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess whether remote physical exercise interventions helped maintain function in daily life, level of physical activities, basic mobility and frailty status in pre-disabled seniors during the first Covid-19 lockdown.

Design

This is an interventional study conducted from May 2020 to May 2021.

Setting

Community-dwelling older adults in 2 Canadian cities.

Participants

84 pre-disabled seniors.

Intervention

12-week physical exercise programs (1 hour/ 3 times/ week) in kinesiologist-guided groups using Zoom or phone-supervised individual booklet-based home-program (n=44) vs. Control (usual life habits; n=40).

Measurements

Functional status in daily activities (OARS scale); Daily level of aerobic (TAPA-1) and strengthening/flexibility (TAP

SUBMITTER: Buckinx F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155135 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature