Effect of a Multicomponent Training Intervention on Cognition, Mood, and Function in a Controlled Population of Community-dwelling Frail Elderly Patients.

Exercise has a beneficial role in geriatric patients categorized as frail. Nevertheless, it is not known physical training pattern more beneficial for these patients. The reasons for heterogeneity and lack of consistency of the results described by published intervention programs may be the diversity of isolated - resistance, endurance or proprioceptive trainings - or a combination of them. There are no studies with a combined program of this three kinds of physical training. The objective of this study is to know if a multicomponent physical training program during 180 days in dwelling-community frail geriatric patients can improve scores on functional, activities of daily living, mood, cognitive and quality of life scales and producing changes in blood levels of biological and genetic markers.