Supervised Exercise (Vivifrail) Protects Institutionalized Older Adults Against Severe Functional Decline After 14 Weeks of COVID Confinement

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Jan;22(1):217-219.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.11.007. Epub 2020 Dec 6.

Authors

Javier Courel-Ibáñez¹, Jesús G Pallarés¹, Silverio García-Conesa¹, Ángel Buendía-Romero¹, Alejandro Martínez-Cava¹, Mikel Izquierdo²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Sport Sciences Human Performance and Sports Science Laboratory University of Murcia Murcia, Spain.
² Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN)-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER of Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES) Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: mikel.izquierdo@gmail.com.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
COVID-19*
Exercise
Exercise Therapy
Frail Elderly
Humans
SARS-CoV-2