Effectiveness of a multimodal intervention in functionally impaired older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Main Authors: Leocadio Rodriguez‐Mañas (Author), Olga Laosa (Author), Bruno Vellas (Author), Giuseppe Paolisso (Author), Eva Topinkova (Author), Juan Oliva‐Moreno (Author), Isabelle Bourdel‐Marchasson (Author), Mikel Izquierdo (Author), Kerry Hood (Author), Andrej Zeyfang (Author), Giovanni Gambassi (Author), Mirko Petrovic (Author), Tim C. Hardman (Author), Mark J. Kelson (Author), Ivan Bautmans (Author), Gabor Abellan (Author), Michelangela Barbieri (Author), Luz M. Peña‐Longobardo (Author), Sophie C. Regueme (Author), Riccardo Calvani (Author), Stefanie De Buyser (Author), Alan J. Sinclair (Author), on behalf of the European MID‐Frail Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes, a highly prevalent chronic disease, is associated with increasing frailty and functional decline in older people. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multimodal intervention on functional performance in frail and pre‐frail participants aged ≥70 years with...