Aerobic or Resistance Exercise, or Both, in Dieting Obese Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity causes frailty in older adults; however, weight loss might accelerate age-related loss of muscle and bone mass and resultant sarcopenia and osteopenia.

Methods

In this clinical trial involving 160 obese older adults, we evaluated the effectiveness of several exercise modes in reversing frailty and preventing reduction in muscle and bone mass induced by weight loss. Participants were randomly assigned to a weight-management program plus one of three exercise programs - aerobic training, resistance training, or combined aerobic and resistance training - or to a control group (no weight-management or exercise program). The primary outcome was the change in Physical Performance Test score from baseline to 6 months (scores range from 0 to 36 points; higher scor

SUBMITTER: Villareal DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552187 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature