Researchers believe that exercise can help reverse the condition. A new trial published in the journal PLOS ONE found that people who walked fast were more likely to improve their frailty scores than those who strolled at a leisurely pace, although both groups saw benefits.
In the current study, she and her colleagues set up exercise groups in 14 retirement homes. Research assistants assessed people’s frailty before and after the intervention and coached them during several months of weekly walking sessions in the retirement community hallways. Each group performed similar walking tasks—walking forward, backward, with walkers and without—but half of them walked casually, while the others were encouraged to walk much faster.
Moving faster helps more
People who kept their pace up saw more improvements to their frailty scores, the team found. “Nearly 70% in the high-intensity walking group improved in at least one category, compared to 46% in the casual group,” says Danilovich.
The results are particularly interesting because they suggest that high-intensity exercise can be safe for this population, says Dr. Sara Espinoza, a geriatrician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (who was not involved in the research). There was only one fall during the study, suggesting that exercise might not be as dangerous among older adults as people tend to assume.
The researchers hope to extend their work to healthy older people who wear smart watches, to build an understanding of how to best prompt walkers to go faster. Then someday, perhaps, interventions encouraging high-intensity exercise to reverse frailty might be accessible to anyone who has one of these wrist-worn devices, and who heeds its alerts to pick up the pace.
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