Abstract
Elderly persons spend only a small amount of time for daily physical activity, contributing to limit their independence up to force them to bed and to hospitalization. Progressive muscle contractile impairments, including advanced aging-related muscle power decline, need permanent management. Inspired by the proven capability to recover skeletal muscle contractility and strength by home-based functional electrical stimulation and guided by common sense, we suggest a short (15–20 min) daily routine of 12 easy-to-perform physical exercises that may be performed in bed (full-body in-bed gym). Continued regularly, full-body in-bed gym may help to maintain the independence of frail older people and to reduce the risk of serious consequences of accidental falls.
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Carraro, U., Gava, K., Musumeci, A., Baba, A., Piccione, F., Marcante, A. (2018). Safe Antiaging Full-Body In-Bed Gym and FES for Lazy Persons: Home In-Bed Exercises for Fighting Muscle Weakness in Advanced Age. In: Masiero, S., Carraro, U. (eds) Rehabilitation Medicine for Elderly Patients. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57406-6_6
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