Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
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Randomized Controlled Trial
[Physical training as core component of multimodal treatment of older frail people-study protocol of a randomized controlled pilot study].
Clinical practice guidelines recommend a multimodal intervention based on standardized screening for the treatment of frailty, which includes physical exercise as the main component. This study protocol describes a planned randomized controlled pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of a main study and first assessment of the effects of a multimodal, resource-oriented intervention program on frailty in older people. ⋯ Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the German Physiotherapy Association (ref. number: 2017-02). Outcomes will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal and at specialist conferences.