Aging clinical and experimental research
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Older persons with signs of frailty in a home-based physical exercise intervention: baseline characteristics of an RCT.
Increasing the level of physical activity among persons with signs of frailty improves physical functioning. There is a lack of long-term supervised physical exercise intervention studies including a validated definition of frailty. ⋯ Our participants showed marked physical frailty without major disabilities. The severity of frailty seems to be associated with impaired functional independence and HRQoL.