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ArticleClinical interventions in aging2013

Can progressive resistance training twice a week improve mobility, muscle strength, and quality of life in very elderly nursing-home residents with impaired mobility? A pilot study.

Lilian Krist, Fernando Dimeo, Thomas Keil

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Article in Clinical interventions in aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Physical and Motor Fitness Tests for Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  4. Influence of Resistance Training on Gait & Balance Parameters in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Interventions to Improve Physical Capability of Older Adults with Mild Disabilities: A Case Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. Changes in health-related quality of life in elderly men after 12 weeks of strength training.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Lilian KristInstitute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany. lilian.krist@charite.de
Fernando Dimeo
Thomas Keil
University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine the effects of progressive resistance training on mobility, muscle strength, and quality of life in nursing-home residents with impaired mobility.

methodsNursing-home residents aged 77 years and older with impaired mobility were recruited in Berlin, Germany. The eight-week exercise program consisted of progressive resistance training twice a week. Mobility (primary outcome) was assessed with the Elderly Mobility Scale (zero = worst, 20 = best) at baseline and after 8 weeks. Muscle strength (secondary outcome) was determined by the eight-repetition maximum. The Short Form-36 Health Survey was used to assess quality of life.

resultsOf the 15 participants (mean age 84 years, range 77-97 years), ten completed the 8-week program. Mobility (Elderly Mobility Scale mean ± standard deviation pre 14.1 ± 3.2 and post 17.5 ± 3.6; P = 0.005) as well as muscle strength of upper and lower limbs improved (from 62% at chest press up to 108% at leg extension machine), whereas most quality of life subscales did not show considerable change.

conclusionResistance training twice a week over 2 months seemed to considerably improve mobility and muscle strength in persons aged 77-97 years with impaired mobility.

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PMID23637524
PMCPMC3639017
OpenAlexW2085314021

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