Review Article

The Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions for the Management of Frailty: A Systematic Review

Table 5

Percentage of outcome measures that improved due to the exercise interventions.

Physical & psychosocial determinantsFunctional abilityAdverse health consequencesReference

All studies60%71%39%[2296]

Age
 71–79 years43%48%23%[2229, 43, 44, 6063, 65, 66, 72, 73, 84, 89, 92]
 80–90 years66%76%44%[3042, 4559, 64, 6771, 7483, 8588, 90, 91, 9396]

Sex
 Women > men61%73%39%[2260, 63, 64, 6671, 7480, 8285, 8796]
 Men > women53%54%[61, 62, 65, 72, 73, 81, 86]

Living arrangement
 Long term care76%78%50%[4551, 6871, 7984, 87, 89, 90, 9395]
 Community57%77%44%[2242, 6066, 74, 75, 77, 86]
 Retirement home41%53%40%[5256, 67, 78, 91]
 Hospital care50%64%25%[5759, 72, 73, 76, 85, 92, 96]

Include operational definition
 Yes50%64%30%[2240, 5256, 60, 6265, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 92]
 No68%75%48%[4151, 5759, 61, 63, 6673, 76, 79, 8191, 9396]

Include moderate frail
 Yes62%82%50%[3040, 5256, 62, 64, 80]
 No60%68%36%[2229, 4151, 5761, 63, 6579, 8196]

Type of intervention
 Multicomponent training58%75%40%[2237, 41, 42, 45, 46, 5761, 64, 66, 6871, 7478, 81, 85, 91, 93, 95, 96]
 Resistance training67%61%27%[3840, 43, 44, 4951, 62, 63, 65, 67, 72, 73, 79, 82, 83, 92, 94]

Frequency of intervention
 2/week51%67%35%[2229, 41, 42, 5259, 74, 75, 79, 80, 86, 91, 93, 96]
 3/week62%72%39%[3040, 43, 44, 4751, 6065, 6769, 71, 73, 7678, 8284, 90, 92, 94, 95]

Duration of intervention
 1–4 months61%70%30%[2229, 4151, 5759, 61, 6365, 6769, 7276, 8184, 86, 88, 90, 92, 9496]
 5–18 months59%74%52%[3040, 5256, 60, 62, 66, 70, 71, 7780, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93]

Duration per session of intervention
 30–45 minutes60%78%43%[2229, 4551, 63, 69, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 86, 88, 95]
 60–90 minutes49%60%38%[4144, 5262, 66, 67, 71, 74, 78, 80, 89, 91, 96]

Methodological quality
 0–4 Jadad score60%69%33%[2229, 3844, 4751, 5759, 6164, 67, 68, 74, 7779, 81, 83, 8588, 91, 93, 94, 96]
 5 Jadad score60%72%42%[3037, 45, 46, 5256, 60, 65, 66, 6973, 75, 76, 80, 82, 84, 89, 90, 92, 95]