Epidemiology of frailty in elderly Japanese

• Main Authors: Atsumu Yuki (Author), Rei Otsuka (Author), Chikako Tange (Author), Yukiko Nishita (Author), Makiko Tomida (Author), Fujiko Ando (Author), Hiroshi Shimokata (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A healthy elderly person may require nursing care after becoming frail, a condition characterized by slowness, weakness, exhaustion, low activity, and shrinking. Because few cohort studies have examined frailty in detail, the prevalence of frailty among the elderly in Japan is unclear. We examined t...