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Functional Mobility

What the research says about functional mobility, in plain English, with every original paper linked.

THE STUDIES

1 study on this topic

1994

New England Journal of Medicine

Exercise Training and Nutritional Supplementation for Physical Frailty in Very Elderly People

Studied: 100 nursing home residents, mean age 87

Nursing home residents averaging 87 years old did ten weeks of progressive resistance training. Muscle strength, gait speed and stair-climbing power all improved; a nutritional supplement without exercise did not produce those gains on its own.

FrailtyVery ElderlyFunctional Mobility

These summaries are general education, not medical advice. Individual results vary, and research on groups does not replace advice about your body from your doctor.