title: Effectiveness of exercise interventions on physical function in community-dwelling frail older people: an umbrella review protocol.
abstract: The objectives of this umbrella review are to determine the effectiveness of exercise interventions, alone or in combination with other interventions, for improving physical function in community-dwelling older people who are identified as frail or at risk of frailty, and to identify if any particular intervention type or characteristic is the most effective.Specifically, the review question is: What is the effectiveness of exercise interventions, alone or in combination with other interventions, for improving physical function in community-dwelling older people identified as frail or at risk of frailty?
authors.affiliation: 1National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence: Trans-disciplinary Frailty Research to Achieve Healthy Ageing, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 2Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (G-TRAC) Centre, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 3Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia 4Food and Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Adelaide, Australia 5School of Nursing, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia 6Centre for Evidence-based Practice South Australia (CEPSA): a Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence.
authors.forename: Agathe D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jadczak
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Makwana
authors.forename: Natalie D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Luscombe-Marsh
authors.forename: Renuka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Visvanathan
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods; D016330:Frail Elderly; D010809:Physical Fitness; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic