2.1. Design and Participants
depression, fractures, dementia
A total of 55 older adults with a mean age of 69.42 ± 6.01 (Me = 70; range = (60–80)) years old participated in this study. Further details on the specific characteristics of the sample can be found in The selection of subjects was conditioned by the fulfillment of a series of prerequisites, to ensure that the subjects did present some type of contraindication to carry out physical activity, and that it would not limit their functional performance when following the training protocol in the case of being randomly selected to belong to that experimental group. For this, the exclusion criteria determined by the research group were: (i) not being able to move from one point to another without personal or technical assistance; (ii) presenting any type of contraindication for carrying out the multicomponent training to be developed as an intervention protocol in this research (such as muscle or joint injuries or fractures in the last three months; (iii) terminal illnesses; (iv) presenting pathologies identified with severe or terminal cardiovascular conditions; (v) pathologies associated with dementia, depression or Alzheimer’s [All participants gave their informed consent in writing to participate in this study, which was approved by the ethics committee of the participating universities (code: CE101801). Finally, this study was developed in accordance with the ethical principles of Helsinki [