ArticleJournal of aging research2011
The effectiveness of exercise interventions for the management of frailty: a systematic review.
Article in Journal of aging research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 277 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
277 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of exercise interventions on functional outcomes in frail adults with a previous or current diagnosis of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Pooled it
- Aerobic exercise to alleviate primary dysmenorrhea in adolescents and young women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Frailty Interventions in Community-Based Low and Middle-Income Settings.International journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
- Real experiences and care needs of frail older patients: a systematic review of qualitative studies.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise for frailty research frontiers: a bibliometric analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Rates of compliance and adherence to high-intensity interval training: a systematic review and Meta-analyses.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of physical activity on the risk of frailty: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Association between hearing loss and frailty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Volunteer-led physical activity interventions to improve health outcomes for community-dwelling older people: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Nutritional Advice for Community-Dwelling Obese Older Adults With Frailty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Primary care interventions to address physical frailty among community-dwelling adults aged 60 years or older: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Relationship between frailty and mortality, hospitalization, and cardiovascular diseases in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2019Pooled it
- Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2019Guideline
- Effects of health care interventions on quality of life among frail elderly: a systematized review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for frail community-dwelling older adults have no significant effect on adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2018Pooled it
- Cardiovascular risk factors and frailty in a cross-sectional study of older people: implications for prevention.Age and ageing · 2018Pooled it
- Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Delirium Following Elective Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Frailty Assessment in Heart Failure: an Overview of the Multi-domain Approach.Current heart failure reports · 2018Pooled it
- Investigation of the effectiveness Of 'Nordic Walking' training on geriatric individuals: a randomized comparative study.European geriatric medicine · 2026Trial
- A Novel Multisegmental Individual-Based Exercise Approach for Postural Dysfunction and Balance Impairment in Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR aging · 2026Trial
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Abstract
This systematic review examines the effectiveness of current exercise interventions for the management of frailty. Eight electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled trials that identified their participants as "frail" either in the title, abstract, and/or text and included exercise as an independent component of the intervention. Three of the 47 included studies utilized a validated definition of frailty to categorize participants. Emerging evidence suggests that exercise has a positive impact on some physical determinants and on all functional ability outcomes reported in this systematic review. Exercise programs that optimize the health of frail older adults seem to be different from those recommended for healthy older adults. There was a paucity of evidence to characterize the most beneficial exercise program for this population. However, multicomponent training interventions, of long duration (≥5 months), performed three times per week, for 30-45 minutes per session, generally had superior outcomes than other exercise programs. In conclusion, structured exercise training seems to have a positive impact on frail older adults and may be used for the management of frailty.
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