Adherence and potential factors of adherence to a resistance, coordination and endurance training in older retirement home residents over 6 months.

Introduction: High exercise adherence is a key factor for effective exercise programmes. However, little is known about predictors of exercise adherence to a multimodal machine-based training in older retirement home residents.

Aims: To assess exercise adherence and potential predictors of adherence.

Study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial assessing a multimodal machine-based exercise training programme in senior care facilities over 6 months - the bestform study (best function of range of motion).

Background: Physical functioning is a crucial factor for independence and quality of life in old age. The aim of the "bestform-Best function of range of motion" trial is to investigate the effects of a 6 months multimodal machine-based strength, coordination and endurance training on physical function, risk of falls and health parameters in older adults.

Methods: Bestform is a cluster-randomised trial including older adults  ≥ 65 years living in senior care facilities in Southern Germany.

Occupational life-style programme over 12 months and changes of metabolic risk profile, vascular function, and physical fitness in blue-collar workers.

Purpose: Occupational health programmes have been successfully implemented to improve body composition, physical fitness and cardiovascular risk. However, most programmes have been small and have not included long-term evaluation. Therefore, we evaluated a twelve-month life-style change programme in a German refinery.

High-Protein, Low-Glycaemic Meal Replacement Improves Physical Health-Related Quality of Life in High-Risk Persons for Metabolic Syndrome-A Subanalysis of the Randomised-Controlled ACOORH Trial.

While obesity impairs health-related quality of life (HRQOL), lifestyle interventions targeting weight reduction have been effective in improving HRQOL. Therefore, we hypothesised that a meal replacement-based lifestyle intervention, which has been shown to successfully reduce weight, would also improve HRQOL more effectively than a lifestyle intervention alone. In the international, multicenter, randomised-controlled ACOORH-trial (Almased-Concept-against- Overweight-and-Obesity-and-Related-Health-Risk), overweight or obese participants with elevated risk for metabolic syndrome (n = 463) were randomised into two groups.

Bestform-F - Best Function of Range of Motion: A Feasibility Study of a Multimodal Exercise Training Program for Older Adults in Retirement Homes.

Purpose: Mobility is a crucial factor for independence and quality of life in old age. Nevertheless, many old people in retirement homes do not meet the physical activity recommendations. The aim of the Bestform-F - Best Function of Range of Motion feasibility study (bestform-F) was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a machine-based multimodal exercise training program in older residents in retirement homes.