- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Geriatric Nutrition
- 3 Exercise, Frailty, and Functional Reserve: Concepts and Optimization
- 4 Preventive Geriatrics
- 5 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- 6 Manual and Movement Therapies
- 7 Energy Modalities and Aromatherapy
- 8 Naturopathic Medicine
- 9 Spirituality and Mind–Body Medicine in Geriatrics
- 10 Men’s Health
- 11 Women’s Health
- 12 Pain
- 13 Cardiovascular Disease
- 14 Endocrine Disorders: Integrative Treatments of Hypothyroidism, Diabetes, and Adrenal Dysfunction
- 15 Osteoporosis
- 16 The Healthy Gut in Older Adults
- 17 Common Geriatric Infections
- 18 Integrated Approaches to Treating Lung Diseases in the Geriatric Population
- 19 Integrative Geriatric Psychiatry
- 20 Neurodegenerative Diseases: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases
- 21 Integrative Oncology
- 22 Common Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
- 23 Falls
- 24 Skin, Vision, and Hearing
- 25 Functional Laboratory Studies
- 26 Primary Care for Homebound Patients
- 27 Person-Directed Health Care Across the Lifespan: The Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- 28 Long-Term Care/Residential Care
- 29 Interprofessional Team-Based Care
- 30 Bioethical Issues in Integrative Geriatrics
- 31 Integrative Palliative Care
- 32 Positive Aging
- Index
(p. 40) Exercise, Frailty, and Functional Reserve: Concepts and Optimization
- Chapter:
- (p. 40) Exercise, Frailty, and Functional Reserve: Concepts and Optimization
- Author(s):
Joseph P. Cleaver
, Alice Schmidt Kehaya
, and Mikhail Kogan
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190466268.003.0003
Regular exercise can increase the healthy lifespan of elderly patients. Despite this, most seniors are not getting enough exercise. This chapter summarizes the age-related declines in physical capacity, including loss of muscle power, decreased aerobic capacity (VO2max), sarcopenia, and increased adipose tissue, that can lead to inflammation and limitations of functional reserve. The concept of frailty is discussed. Clinicians are given practical techniques for evaluating risks in patients, providing an “exercise prescription” in an individually tailored manner, and measuring progress in their geriatric patients.
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- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Geriatric Nutrition
- 3 Exercise, Frailty, and Functional Reserve: Concepts and Optimization
- 4 Preventive Geriatrics
- 5 Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- 6 Manual and Movement Therapies
- 7 Energy Modalities and Aromatherapy
- 8 Naturopathic Medicine
- 9 Spirituality and Mind–Body Medicine in Geriatrics
- 10 Men’s Health
- 11 Women’s Health
- 12 Pain
- 13 Cardiovascular Disease
- 14 Endocrine Disorders: Integrative Treatments of Hypothyroidism, Diabetes, and Adrenal Dysfunction
- 15 Osteoporosis
- 16 The Healthy Gut in Older Adults
- 17 Common Geriatric Infections
- 18 Integrated Approaches to Treating Lung Diseases in the Geriatric Population
- 19 Integrative Geriatric Psychiatry
- 20 Neurodegenerative Diseases: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases
- 21 Integrative Oncology
- 22 Common Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
- 23 Falls
- 24 Skin, Vision, and Hearing
- 25 Functional Laboratory Studies
- 26 Primary Care for Homebound Patients
- 27 Person-Directed Health Care Across the Lifespan: The Veterans Affairs Health Care System
- 28 Long-Term Care/Residential Care
- 29 Interprofessional Team-Based Care
- 30 Bioethical Issues in Integrative Geriatrics
- 31 Integrative Palliative Care
- 32 Positive Aging
- Index