Fact of the day

Across 44 randomised trials in 4011 frail or pre-frail adults aged 60 and over, aerobic exercise improved frailty status, cognitive function, quality of life, depressive symptoms, muscle strength and lower-limb function versus usual care, with no single exercise type outperforming others.

Study design

Study

Journal

Clin Nutr

Evidence

preliminary

⚠What it shows: Among the stronger evidence bases here: results pooled from 44 trials in 4011 older adults with frailty or pre-frailty. The studies disagreed with each other and had little data at higher exercise volumes, so the authors could not identify an optimal dose.Study · Clin Nutr