Social media-based Health Education plus Exercise Program (SHEEP) to improve muscle function among young-old adults with possible sarcopenia in the community: A feasibility study protocol

Ya Shi; Emma Stanmore; Lisa McGarrigle; Chris Todd

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0303481

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Social media-based Health Education plus Exercise Program (SHEEP) to improve muscle function among young-old adults with possible sarcopenia in the community: A feasibility study protocol

Ya Shi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: ya.shi@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Affiliations Faculty of Biology, School of Health Sciences, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Nursing & School of Public Health, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-2312

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Emma Stanmore,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Biology, School of Health Sciences, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Health Sciences and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Lisa McGarrigle,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Biology, School of Health Sciences, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Health Sciences and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Chris Todd

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Biology, School of Health Sciences, Medicine & Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Health Sciences and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Social media-based Health Education plus Exercise Program (SHEEP) to improve muscle function among young-old adults with possible sarcopenia in the community: A feasibility study protocol

Ya Shi,
Emma Stanmore,
Lisa McGarrigle,
Chris Todd

Published: January 3, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303481

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