Age and ageing
Preservation of functional capacity and lower-limb mechanical power during acute hospitalisation: effects of a low-cost multicomponent exercise programme in older adults-a randomised controlled trial
By Bandeira-Guimarães M, Blanco-Rambo E, Izquierdo M and 9 others.
Abstract
Background
Hospitalised older adults are at increased risk of hospitalisation-associated disability.
Objective
to investigate the effects of an in-hospital exercise program on functional and cognitive outcomes in older adults admitted to an Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit.