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Download fileThe role of physical frailty independent components on increased disabilities in institutionalized older women
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posted on 2020-07-16, 12:18 authored by GE Furtado, R Letieri, A Caldo, M Patricio, M Loureiro, Eef HogervorstEef Hogervorst, JP Ferreira, AM TeixeiraThe purpose of this study was to identify the independent components of physical frailty that most influence disability indicators in institutionalized older women. A cross-sectional study with 319 participants (81.96±7.89 years old) was performed. Disability was assessed through dynamic and static balance tests, activities of daily life and falls risk screen. Fried physical frailty protocol was used to access physical frailty. The frail subgroup displayed the weakest results for all disability indicators (p < 0.05). Regression analysis showed that in the two models tested, low physical activity levels and slowness were the physical frailty independent components that better associated with the disability indicators. More studies with larger samples will help to better understand the independent relationship of each physical frailty component with disability outcomes and assist to design a co-adjuvant treatment to reverse physical frailty.
Funding
PRIDE - Promoting Independance in Dementia
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Translational Medicine @ UniSaVolume
19Issue
4Pages
17 - 26Publisher
Università degli Studi di SalernoVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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Reproduced with permission of the publisherPublication date
2019-01-01ISSN
2239-9747Publisher version
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- en