Physical activity and exercise as countermeasures to physical frailty and sarcopenia

• Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 35 - 42
• Main Authors: Marzetti, Emanuele, Calvani, Riccardo, Tosato, Matteo, Cesari, Matteo, Di Bari, Mauro, Cherubini, Antonio, Broccatelli, Marianna, Savera, Giulia, D’Elia, Mariaelena, Pahor, Marco, Bernabei, Roberto, Landi, Francesco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Exercise; Exercise - physiology; Exercise Therapy - methods; Frail Elderly; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Health risk assessment; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Review; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - prevention & control; Time Factors; Exercise; Endurance training; Physical performance; Resistance training; Skeletal muscle
• ISSN: 1720-8319; 1594-0667; 1720-8319
• DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0705-4

The identification of cost-effective interventions that improve the health status and prevent disability in old age is one of the most important public health challenges. Regular physical activity is the only intervention that has consistently been shown to improve functional health and energy balan...