Throughout this period, all participants followed an adapted exercise program for older adults 4 days a week.
Therefore, the feasibility of WBV for these categories of frail institutionalised elderly remains further to be studied and it might be necessary to develop more adapted exercise programs.
High priority was given to content including individually tailored support for adoption of PA, advice from peers and health care professionals and information about adapted exercise facilities.
The aim of this study was to compare an individualized NYHA adapted exercise protocol with a fixed standard protocol in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
One measure to improve this situation is to adapt exercise programmes which have already proven their effectiveness in other studies [ 39, 40].
At the end of the consultation, the patient gets an adapted exercise programme (duration and intensity of walks, selection of home exercises), that is documented in the consultation protocol and in the participant's activity log.
The aim of this study was to compare an individualized NYHA adapted exercise protocol with a fixed standard protocol in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure using a randomized protocol.
Guskin adapts exercises to the individual needs of his clients.
exercises were expected to be of direct relevance for daily routines of aged persons; exercises were expected to involve dual-tasking; a central aim was to adapt exercises to individual needs and resources.
In fact, it makes it possible to adapt exercises to participants' scientific backgrounds and needs: discovering that with relatively few commands they can solve complex problems, which they were unable to solve before, can be extremely motivating.
