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Association between physical function and long-term care in community-dwelling older and oldest people: the SONIC study

BACKGROUND: Preventing the need for long-term care (LTC) by identifying physical function risk factors are important to decrease the LTC burden. The objective of this study was to investigate whether grip strength and/or walking speed, which are components of the frailty definition, are associated w...

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Autores principales: Srithumsuk, Werayuth, Kabayama, Mai, Godai, Kayo, Klinpudtan, Nonglak, Sugimoto, Ken, Akasaka, Hiroshi, Takami, Yoichi, Takeya, Yasushi, Yamamoto, Koichi, Yasumoto, Saori, Gondo, Yasuyuki, Arai, Yasumichi, Masui, Yukie, Ishizaki, Tatsuro, Shimokata, Hiroshi, Rakugi, Hiromi, Kamide, Kei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32873231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12199-020-00884-3