In a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that included 210 community-dwelling older adults who had surgery following hip fracture, participants who reported feeling high levels of psychological resilience—or the ability to bounce back or recover from personal challenges—were later able to walk faster and longer than those feeling less resilient.
Investigators measured psychological resilience through a questionnaire provided at the start of the study, and they assessed walking capacity at the start as well as 16 weeks later.
“We believe these results support opportunities to improve walking capacity following hip fracture in older adults by devising multicomponent interventions combining targeted exercise with psychological resilience-enhancing programs,” said corresponding author Richard H. Fortinsky, PhD, of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the UConn Center of Aging, the new home of one of the nation’s prestigious Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers.”
URL Upon Publication: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.17930
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