Ivan Baltasar-Fernandez, Hector Soto-Paniagua, Julian Alcazar, María Isabel Uceta Espinosa, Luis M Alegre, Francisco José Gracía-García, Ignacio Ara, Ana Alfaro Acha, Jose Losa-Reyna
INTRODUCTION: Concurrent training has been shown to be a beneficial approach to improve overall health status in older adults. However, little is known about the adaptations of this type of training in the long term (i.e., after cessation of exercise), even less in older people affected by frailty syndrome.Therefore, this study aimed i) to assess the effects of a 6-week concurrent training program composed of power-oriented resistance training (RT) and fast walking interval training (FWIT) on physical function, muscle power, disability in activities of daily living and frailty in pre-frail and frail older people, and ii) to assess the effects of a 6-month detraining period on these outcomes...
April 4, 2024: Gerontology