A Case for Promoting Movement Medicine: Preventing Disability in the LIFE Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The movement profile of older adults with compromised function is unknown, as is the relationship between these profiles and the development of major mobility disability (MMD)-a critical clinical outcome. We first describe the dimensions of movement in older adults with compromised function and then examine whether these dimensions predict the onset of MMD.

Methods

Older adults at risk for MMD (N = 1,022, mean age = 78.7 years) were randomized to receive a structured physical activity intervention or health education control. We assessed MMD in 6-month intervals (average follow-up of 2.2 years until incident MMD), with activity assessed at baseline, 6-, 12- and 24-month follow-up via accelerometry.

Results

A principal components analysis of 11 accelerometer

SUBMITTER: Fanning J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777081 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature