The Claim

A 13-week home-based resistance and endurance exercise program improves lower-body strength and physical function in sedentary older adults aged 65–85, with clinically meaningful gains in 30-second chair-stand performance observed in both those using and not using sirolimus.

Source: Exercise and Weekly Sirolimus (Rapamycin) in Older Adults: RAPA‐EX‐01 Randomised, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Trial

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
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Challenges
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Cause and effect
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Doing strength and cardio exercises at home for 13 weeks helps older adults (65–85) get stronger in their legs and move better, whether or not they're taking a drug called sirolimus.

See the scientific wording

A 13-week home-based resistance and endurance exercise program improves lower-body strength and physical function in sedentary older adults aged 65–85, regardless of sirolimus use, as both treatment groups showed clinically meaningful gains in 30-second chair-stand performance.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Exercise and Weekly Sirolimus (Rapamycin) in Older Adults: RAPA‐EX‐01 Randomised, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Trial

    The study found that older adults got stronger from doing home exercises, whether or not they took sirolimus, which supports the idea that the exercise program works.

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