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Usual gait speed is associated with frailty status, institutionalization, and mortality in community-dwelling rural older adults: a longitudinal analysis of the Aging Study of Pyeongchang Rural Area

PURPOSE: We aimed to describe the age- and sex-specific distributions of gait speed and to evaluate associations with longitudinal outcomes in Korean rural community-dwelling older adults. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 1,348 people (mean age: 76 years, 55% women) in the population-based, prospect...

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Autores principales: Jung, Hee-Won, Jang, Il-Young, Lee, Chang Ki, Yu, Sang Soo, Hwang, Jae Kyoon, Jeon, Chawoong, Lee, Young Soo, Lee, Eunju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922046
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S166863