Chair-based resistance exercise programme delivers significant benefits for frail older people

A chair-based resistance exercise programme has been found to deliver significant benefits for frail older people, according to a recent study. Evaluation of an eight-month pilot run by older people’s charity Royal Voluntary Service and specialist in exercise for the over 60s Move It or Lose It showed positive impacts on physical function and wellbeing.   The seated resistance-based exercise programme was piloted in Banbury, Leicester, Oxford and Suffolk and involved 60 older people.  The pilot was funded by a grant from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery.  Classes were delivered by volunteers and staff who received two days of