Frailty, Exercise and Nutrition

Jean-Pierre Michel; Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft; Tommy Cederholm

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2015.04.006

Frailty, Exercise and Nutrition

Clin Geriatr Med. 2015 Aug;31(3):375-87. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.04.006. Epub 2015 May 13.

Authors

Jean-Pierre Michel¹, Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft², Tommy Cederholm³

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Department, Geneva University, 40 A Route de Malagnou, Geneva 1208, Switzerland. Electronic address: jean-pierre.michel@unige.ch.
² Head of the Geriatric Department, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Carretera de Colmenar km 9, 1, Madrid 28034, Spain.
³ Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjöldsv. 14B, Uppsala Science Park, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden.

PMID: 26195097
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.04.006

Abstract

This article first reports the spontaneous course of frailty conditions, and then focuses on randomized, controlled frailty interventions (such as physical exercise, nutrition, combined exercise plus nutrition, and multifactorial interventions) or metaanalysis in community-dwelling older adults or volunteers published in 2012, 2013, and 2014. The main take-home messages that emerge from recent literature are summarized.

Keywords: Frailty; Multicomponent intervention; Nutrition; Physical exercise; Sarcopenia.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Aging* / physiology
Aging* / psychology
Disease Management
Early Diagnosis
Frail Elderly
Humans
Motor Activity*
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Prevalence
Sarcopenia* / diagnosis
Sarcopenia* / epidemiology
Sarcopenia* / physiopathology
Sarcopenia* / prevention & control