“Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Preventing frailty of elderly is an urgent issue in Japan. The “Yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test was developed and validated as a predictor of sarcopenia, disability and even mortality. To clarify the prevalence of “frailty” defined by this test and the relationship between other indexes c...

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Autores principales: Fujii, Hitomi, Kodani, Eitaro, Kaneko, Tomohiro, Nakamura, Hiroyuki, Sasabe, Hajime, Tamura, Yutaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523335
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3917

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523335
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3917

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