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SUBMITTER: Alhambra-Borras T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alhambra-Borrás Tamara T Durá-Ferrandis Estrella E Ferrando-García Maite M
International journal of environmental research and public health 20190613 12
This study analyses the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a group-based multicomponent physical exercise programme aimed at reducing the risk of falling and frailty in community-dwelling older adults. This is a pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design, with an intervention group and a comparison group. Participants were evaluated at baseline and after 9 months. The effectiveness analyses showed significant reduction in the risk of falling (-45.5%; <i>p</i> = 0.000) and frailty ...[more]