Exploratory study on the short-term effect of a group-based exercise program for community-dwelling older adults attending a short-term school to prevent frailty

Background: With Japan's declining birthrate and aging population, the development of more effective prevention of long-term frailty programs is an important issue.Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of our company's 3-month group-based exercise program for community-dwelling older adults.Study design: The study design is a single-center, pre-post design.Methods: The subjects were 34 community-dwelling older adults over 65 (mean age 78.7±5.4 years) participating in a short-term school to prevent frailty in Miyazaki City. The menu of the group-based exercise program consisted of seating exercise and standing exercise, floor exercise. The 30 second chair stand test (CS-30), one-leg stand time, Timed Up & Go test (TUG), 2-step test, and grip strength were measured and compared before and after the group-based exercise program was started.Results: The results showed a statistically significant difference between CS-30 and TUG (p