{"id":759,"date":"2017-12-15T08:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/?p=759"},"modified":"2017-12-15T08:32:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:32:56","slug":"reversing-frailty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/reversing-frailty\/","title":{"rendered":"Reversing frailty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-post-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-2712 fl-builder-content-primary fl-builder-global-templates-locked\" data-post-id=\"2712\">\n<div class=\"fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5a373eae5580e\" data-node=\"5a373eae5580e\">\n<div class=\"fl-row-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-5a373ede130a0\" data-node=\"5a373ede130a0\">\n<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5a373ede131c7\" data-node=\"5a373ede131c7\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-5a373ede12fe4\" data-node=\"5a373ede12fe4\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-photo fl-photo-align-center\">\n<div class=\"fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fl-photo-img wp-image-2714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/nuhscg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/12\/elderly-walking-aid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-5a373eae55854\" data-node=\"5a373eae55854\">\n<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5a373eae55894\" data-node=\"5a373eae55894\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5a373eae558d4\" data-node=\"5a373eae558d4\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lien Foundation opens a senior-friendly strength-training programme to the public to reverse frailty among the elderly, which is possible based on a study led by Associate Professor Ng Tze Pin from NUS Medicine\u2019s Department of Psychological Medicine. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nusmedicine.nus.edu.sg\/medias\/news-info\/1249-age-without-frailty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a>\u00a0found that half of the elderly in Singapore living at home are frail, but it is not the necessary outcome of ageing. With a combination of nutritional, physical and cognitive interventions, it is possible to reverse physical frailty among seniors.<\/p>\n<p>The Gym Tonic programme uses exercise machines catered for seniors who have weaker muscles. It operates on a software that allows users to scan a card and keep track of their workouts. The Gym Tonic will be extended to the public at eight locations next year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/faculty-staff\/research-team\/assoc-prof-ng-tze-pin\/\">A\/Prof Ng Tze Pin&#8217;s academic profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/exercise-just-the-tonic-to-perk-up-seniors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Straits Times, 13 December 2017, Home, pB1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Lien Foundation opens a senior-friendly strength-training programme to the public to reverse frailty among the elderly, which is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlights","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reversing frailty - NUS Dept of Psychological Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pcm\/reversing-frailty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reversing frailty - NUS Dept of Psychological Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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