Older adults participating in a high-intensity walking program were more likely to improve their frailty status than those walking at a casual pace, although benefits were observed in both groups

Older adults participating in a high-intensity walking program were more likely to improve their frailty status than those walking at a casual pace, although benefits were observed in both groups

Article URL: https://plos.io/4hxCtUZ

Article title: A high intensity vs. casual speed walking intervention to reverse frailty among older adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Author countries: USA.

Funding: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institutes on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under award number R01AG060162 and was also supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant Number UL1TR001422 and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U01NS113851 and the National Institute of Aging under the Award Number R03AG078957. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no additional external funding received for this study.