Inter-individual variability in response to exercise intervention or usual care in hospitalized older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise protocols applied during hospitalization can prevent functional and cognitive decline in older adults. The purpose of this study was to examine the individual response of acutely hospitalized patients to usual care and to physical exercise on functional capacity, muscle strength, and cognitive function and to assess the relationship with mortality at 1 year post-discharge.

Methods

In a single-blind randomized clinical trial, 370 hospitalized patients [56.5% women; mean age (standard deviation) 87.3 (4.9) years] were allocated to an exercise intervention group (IG, n = 185) or a control group (CG, n = 185). The participants were older adults aged 75 years or older in an acute care unit in a tertiary public hospital in Navarra, Spain. The usual care group r

SUBMITTER: Saez de Asteasu ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903436 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature