A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Prescribed Stepper Walking Program in Preventing Frailty Among the Dwelling Elderly: Application of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Mei Chen Kuo; Ching Min Chen; Chii Jeng

doi:10.1097/TGR.0000000000000198

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Prescribed Stepper Walking Program in Preventing Frailty Among the Dwelling Elderly: Application of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Mei Chen Kuo
, Ching Min Chen^*
, Chii Jeng

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review

12 Scopus citations

Abstract

This is the first article that described the effect of a prescribed stepper walking program based on comprehensive geriatric assessment in preventing the general fitness of older adults. An experimental design was conducted with 36 elderly individuals (experiment = 15, control = 21) who were asked to have a 30-minute stepper walking exercise twice per week in the research center. The effectiveness of the program would be evaluated in 8 weeks. The results indicated that the 6-minute walk test, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, body composition percentage, and 3-m up and go test improved after an 8-week exercise training in the experimental group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-233
Number of pages	11
Journal	Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Volume	34
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0000000000000198
State	Published - 01 07 2018
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords

exercise
frail older adult
geriatric assessment

Access to Document

10.1097/TGR.0000000000000198

Cite this

@article{e00d3fc1f5a1460d91a5f4eaa1426bc9,

title = "A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Prescribed Stepper Walking Program in Preventing Frailty Among the Dwelling Elderly: Application of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment",

abstract = "This is the first article that described the effect of a prescribed stepper walking program based on comprehensive geriatric assessment in preventing the general fitness of older adults. An experimental design was conducted with 36 elderly individuals (experiment = 15, control = 21) who were asked to have a 30-minute stepper walking exercise twice per week in the research center. The effectiveness of the program would be evaluated in 8 weeks. The results indicated that the 6-minute walk test, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, body composition percentage, and 3-m up and go test improved after an 8-week exercise training in the experimental group.",

keywords = "exercise, frail older adult, geriatric assessment",

author = "Kuo, \{Mei Chen\} and Chen, \{Ching Min\} and Chii Jeng",

year = "2018",

month = jul,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1097/TGR.0000000000000198",

language = "英语",

volume = "34",

pages = "223--233",

journal = "Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation",

issn = "0882-7524",

publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",

number = "3",

}

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Prescribed Stepper Walking Program in Preventing Frailty Among the Dwelling Elderly: Application of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. / Kuo, Mei Chen; Chen, Ching Min; Jeng, Chii.
In: Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation, Vol. 34, No. 3, 01.07.2018, p. 223-233.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Prescribed Stepper Walking Program in Preventing Frailty Among the Dwelling Elderly

T2 - Application of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

AU - Kuo, Mei Chen

AU - Chen, Ching Min

AU - Jeng, Chii

PY - 2018/7/1

Y1 - 2018/7/1

N2 - This is the first article that described the effect of a prescribed stepper walking program based on comprehensive geriatric assessment in preventing the general fitness of older adults. An experimental design was conducted with 36 elderly individuals (experiment = 15, control = 21) who were asked to have a 30-minute stepper walking exercise twice per week in the research center. The effectiveness of the program would be evaluated in 8 weeks. The results indicated that the 6-minute walk test, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, body composition percentage, and 3-m up and go test improved after an 8-week exercise training in the experimental group.

AB - This is the first article that described the effect of a prescribed stepper walking program based on comprehensive geriatric assessment in preventing the general fitness of older adults. An experimental design was conducted with 36 elderly individuals (experiment = 15, control = 21) who were asked to have a 30-minute stepper walking exercise twice per week in the research center. The effectiveness of the program would be evaluated in 8 weeks. The results indicated that the 6-minute walk test, body mass index, waist-hip ratio, body composition percentage, and 3-m up and go test improved after an 8-week exercise training in the experimental group.

KW - exercise

KW - frail older adult

KW - geriatric assessment

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85052711235

U2 - 10.1097/TGR.0000000000000198

DO - 10.1097/TGR.0000000000000198

M3 - 文章

AN - SCOPUS:85052711235

SN - 0882-7524

VL - 34

SP - 223

EP - 233

JO - Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

JF - Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

IS - 3

ER -

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Prescribed Stepper Walking Program in Preventing Frailty Among the Dwelling Elderly: Application of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this