Provocative testing in community dwelling older adults: a path to identify physical resilience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resilience is the capacity of an organism to both resist and recover from stressors, and its decline can be an early indicator of susceptibility that precedes frailty, disability, and death. This study explores the use of provocative tests - time-based responses to non-harmful challenges - as potential indicators of resilience.

Methods

Provocative tests were performed in 50 community-dwelling adults (24 men, 26 women), aged 23-82 years and included cognitive challenges, strength and heart rate recovery after exercise, cold exposure, blood occlusion, and resistance to balance perturbations.

Results

Age was associated with declines in recovery from cold-water hand immersion (r2 = 0.18, P = 0.002) and upper-arm blood occlusion (r2 = 0.11, P = 0.023). Susceptib

SUBMITTER: Seldeen KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12618170 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature