TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of elastic band exercise on the frailty states in pre-frail elderly people
AU - Chen, Rujie
AU - Wu, Qingwen
AU - Wang, Dongyan
AU - Li, Zhou
AU - Liu, Howe
AU - Liu, Guangtian
AU - Cui, Ying
AU - Song, Linlin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Objective: To discuss the effects of elastic band exercise on the frailty states in pre-frail elderly people. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial. Trial registration number is ChiCTR-IOC-17012579. Seventy pre-frail elderly people were randomly divided into elastic band group (n = 35) and control group (n = 35). Elastic band exercise was applied to elastic band group, 45–60 min per time for 8 weeks by 3 days a week; no exercise was applied to the control group. The frailty states, grip strength (female/male), walking speed, and physical activity were measured by the Fried frailty phenotype at pre-intervention, 4, and 8 weeks after intervention to assess the effects of exercise. Results: The elastic band group showed significant improvements in the frailty states, grip strength (female) and walking speed both after 4-week and 8-week intervention (P< 0.001), and significant improvements in grip strength (male) and physical activity after 8-week intervention (P< 0.05). Within-group analysis (pre-intervention vs. after 4-week, after 4-week vs after 8-week, pre-intervention vs after 8-week) showed significant improvements (P< 0.001) in grip strength (female/male) and walking speed in the elastic band group over time, while no significant differences in the control group (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Elastic band exercise can improve frailty states in pre-frail elderly people, make them broke away from pre-frailty and restore them to non-frailty through improving the grip strength, walking speed and physical activity, and the effects after 8 weeks are better than those after 4 weeks.
AB - Objective: To discuss the effects of elastic band exercise on the frailty states in pre-frail elderly people. Methods: This study was a randomized controlled trial. Trial registration number is ChiCTR-IOC-17012579. Seventy pre-frail elderly people were randomly divided into elastic band group (n = 35) and control group (n = 35). Elastic band exercise was applied to elastic band group, 45–60 min per time for 8 weeks by 3 days a week; no exercise was applied to the control group. The frailty states, grip strength (female/male), walking speed, and physical activity were measured by the Fried frailty phenotype at pre-intervention, 4, and 8 weeks after intervention to assess the effects of exercise. Results: The elastic band group showed significant improvements in the frailty states, grip strength (female) and walking speed both after 4-week and 8-week intervention (P< 0.001), and significant improvements in grip strength (male) and physical activity after 8-week intervention (P< 0.05). Within-group analysis (pre-intervention vs. after 4-week, after 4-week vs after 8-week, pre-intervention vs after 8-week) showed significant improvements (P< 0.001) in grip strength (female/male) and walking speed in the elastic band group over time, while no significant differences in the control group (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Elastic band exercise can improve frailty states in pre-frail elderly people, make them broke away from pre-frailty and restore them to non-frailty through improving the grip strength, walking speed and physical activity, and the effects after 8 weeks are better than those after 4 weeks.
KW - Elastic band exercise
KW - elderly people
KW - frailty states
KW - pre-frail
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U2 - 10.1080/09593985.2018.1548673
DO - 10.1080/09593985.2018.1548673
M3 - Article
C2 - 30741081
AN - SCOPUS:85061453902
SN - 0959-3985
VL - 36
SP - 1000
EP - 1008
JO - Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
JF - Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
IS - 9
ER -