Effectiveness of gamified exercise programs on the level of physical activity in adults with chronic diseases: a systematic review.

Purpose: to assess the effects of supervised and unsupervised gamified exercise programs on physical activity level, sedentary behavior and quality of life in patients with non-communicable chronic diseases.

Materials And Methods: Six database were searched. Methodological quality of included studies, the quality of reporting interventions and the quality of the applications were assessed using the PEDro, TIDieR and MARS, respectively.

Respiratory muscle strength for discriminating frailty in community-dwelling elderly: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To compare obtained and predicted inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength between frail, pre-frail, and non-frail older people; to examine the association between inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength and frailty in older people; and to determine cut-off points for inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength for discriminating frailty in older people.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 379 community-dwelling older adults. Frailty was assessed using Fried's phenotype, while inspiratory and expiratory muscle strength were measured with maximum inspiratory and maximum expiratory pressures.