Mobile applications to prescribe physical exercise in frail older adults: review of the available tools in app stores.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Different remote interventions, such as applications (apps), have been used to continue promoting healthy ageing and preventing disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. The growing trend of apps in health is exponential and may facilitate scaling up physical activity prescription. Numerous tools are available, but little is known regarding their appropriateness, validation and recommendation, especially for frail older adults.

Methods

In-house, we developed an application that makes both the Apple app Store and the Google Play Store searchable using topic-related keywords and facilitates the extraction of basic app-information of the search results. The study was aimed at apps available to an English-speaking market. The resulting apps were filtered using variou

SUBMITTER: Soto-Bagaria L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10756334 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature