SynthesisThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2016
Physical Resilience in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Development of an Emerging Construct.
Synthesis in The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06955676 (The Effects of Moderate Intensity, Time-matched Cycle Ergometer vs. Treadmill Exercise Training on Parameters Associated With Physiological Resilience in Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 215 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Moderate Intensity, Time-matched Cycle Ergometer vs. Treadmill Exercise Training on Parameters Associated With Physiological Resilience in Older Adults: A Pilot Study
Who cites it
215 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Frailty Is a Risk Factor for Falls in the Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Pooled it
- Primary care interventions to address physical frailty among community-dwelling adults aged 60 years or older: A meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Structured Exercise Interventions for Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Medical Illness: A Systematic Review.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2018Pooled it
- Resilience in symptom response to cancer treatment: a new lens for examining variable symptom trajectories in older adults with advanced cancer.The oncologist · 2026Trial
- Lack of Immune Resilience Negatively Affects Physical Resilience: Results From the InCHIANTI Follow-Up Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Trial
- Psychological resilience in older adults with type 2 diabetes from the Look AHEAD Trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Trial
- Targeted tDCS Mitigates Dual-Task Costs to Gait and Balance in Older Adults.Annals of neurology · 2021Trial
- Orthostatic Blood Pressure Recovery Is Associated With the Rate of Cognitive Decline and Mortality in Clinical Alzheimer's Disease.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2020Trial
- Clinical Implications of Physical Function and Resilience in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Trial
- An Exploratory Stability Selection (ESS) framework for robust predictor discovery: An application to physical resilience in aging populations.Experimental gerontology · 2026Article
- Adults up to 80 years old maintain effective movement planning when facing complex body dynamics.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Two-wave status patterns of handgrip strength asymmetry and low handgrip strength in relation to all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older Chinese adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Aging as Loss of Biological Self-Correction: A Geroscience Framework for Longevity, Inflammaging, and Restored Resilience.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Physical frailty and functional resilience after hip fracture in older adults: a risk-set matched longitudinal study.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2026Article
- Chronological age and failure to rescue after colorectal cancer surgery: A multicentre cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Article
- The Importance of the First 24 Postoperative Hours: Does Current Evidence Support Short-Stay High-Acuity Care After Gynecologic Oncology and Complex Abdominal Surgery?Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Using the Stressor-System-Resilience Resources-Outcomes (SSRO) scaffold to clarify the core components of resilience research in medicine.Communications medicine · 2026Review
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- Individualised but Specific Exercise Training Improves Physiologic Reserve and Reduces Frailty in Older Adults with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia: A 12-Week Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Providing insight in resilience and recovery by using fatigability and its development over time in older adults after hip fracture surgery.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundResilience has been described in the psychosocial literature as the capacity to maintain or regain well-being during or after adversity. Physical resilience is a newer concept that is highly relevant to successful aging. Our objective was to characterize the emerging construct of resilience as it pertains to physical health in older adults, and to identify gaps and opportunities to advance research in this area.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review to identify English language papers published through January 2015 that apply the term "resilience" in relation to physical health in older adults. We applied a modified framework analysis to characterize themes in implicit or explicit definitions of physical resilience.
resultsOf 1,078 abstracts identified, 49 articles met criteria for inclusion. Sixteen were letters or concept papers, and only one was an intervention study. Definitions of physical resilience spanned cellular to whole-person levels, incorporated many outcome measures, and represented three conceptual themes: resilience as a trait, trajectory, or characteristic/capacity.
conclusionsCurrent biomedical literature lacks consensus on how to define and measure physical resilience. We propose a working definition of physical resilience at the whole person level: a characteristic which determines one's ability to resist or recover from functional decline following health stressor(s). We present a conceptual framework that encompasses the related construct of physiologic reserve. We discuss gaps and opportunities in measurement, interactions across contributors to physical resilience, and points of intervention.
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