Effects of high-protein diet combined with exercise to counteract frailty in pre-frail and frail community-dwelling older adults: study protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background The proportion of older citizens is increasing worldwide. A well-known syndrome in old age is physical frailty which is associated with a greater risk of disabilities in activities of daily living, greater reliance on in-home services, hospitalization, institutionalization, and p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Trials |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04572-z |