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ArticleJournal of aging research2018

Effects of a 12-Week Exercise Training Program on Physical Function in Institutionalized Frail Elderly.

Cristiane Batisti Ferreira, Pâmela Dos Santos Teixeira, Geiane Alves Dos Santos, Athila Teles Dantas Maya, Paula Americano do Brasil, Vinícius Carolino Souza, Cláudio Córdova, Aparecido Pimentel Ferreira, Ricardo Moreno Lima, Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega

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Article in Journal of aging research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. 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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  8. Effects of Remote Exercise on Physical Function in Pre-Frail Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  13. Optimal type and dose of exercise to improve cognitive function in healthy and pre-sarcopenic older adults: a bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristiane Batisti FerreiraInterdisciplinary Center for Research Integrated Colleges Promove Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Pâmela Dos Santos TeixeiraInterdisciplinary Center for Research Integrated Colleges Promove Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Geiane Alves Dos SantosInterdisciplinary Center for Research Integrated Colleges Promove Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Athila Teles Dantas MayaInterdisciplinary Center for Research Integrated Colleges Promove Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Paula Americano do BrasilInterdisciplinary Center for Research Integrated Colleges Promove Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Vinícius Carolino SouzaMedical Faculty, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil.
Cláudio CórdovaPhysical Education Program, Catholic University of Brasília (UCB-DF), Brasília, Brazil.
Aparecido Pimentel FerreiraInterdisciplinary Center for Research Integrated Colleges Promove Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0069-1206
Ricardo Moreno LimaPhysical Education Program, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil.
Otávio de Toledo NóbregaMedical Faculty, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade de Brasília · BRUniversidade Católica de Brasília · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the increase in life expectancy, the Brazilian elderly population has risen considerably. However, longevity is usually accompanied by problems such as the loss of functional capacity, cognitive decline, frailty syndrome, and deterioration in anthropometric parameters, particularly among those living in long-term care facilities. This randomized controlled trial aimed to verify the effects of exercise training on biochemical, inflammatory, and anthropometric indices and functional performance in institutionalized frail elderly. The sample consisted of 37 elderly people of both genders, aged 76.1 ± 7.7 years, who were randomly allocated into 2 groups: 13 individuals in the exercise group (EG) and 24 in the control group (CG). Anthropometrics, clinical history, functional tests, and biochemical evaluation were measured before and after the completion of a physical exercise program, which lasted for 12 weeks. The 12-week exercise program for frail elderly residents in a long-term care facility was efficient in improving muscle strength, speed, agility, and biochemical variables, with reversal of the frailty condition in a considerable number. However, no effects in anthropometric and inflammatory parameters were noted.

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