title: [Frailty from the rehabilitation medicine point of view].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Frailty syndrome exerts an increasing challenge to health care systems. Thus, rehabilitative interventions should be taken to prevent or slow this syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on the definitions of frailty and rehabilitation, the present work gives an overview of current treatment options. The methodology and evidence for device-assisted training forms such as neuromuscular electrical stimulation or mechanical muscle stimulation are discussed. The use of various forms of training for frail patients is critically discussed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among other things, age- and disease-related changes in skeletal muscle play a central role in the development of frailty. Progressive strength training is an evidence-based rehabilitative strategy to improve function. Since this form of strength training can be a vigorous exercise especially for the elderly and infirmed, it can be offered as an alternative form of training.
authors.affiliation: Karl Landsteiner Institut für Remobilisation und funktionale Gesundheit, Institut für Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation, Kaiser Franz Joseph Spital, SMZ Süd, Kundratstr. 3, 1100, Wien, Österreich, michael.quittan@wienkav.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quittan
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*