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SUBMITTER: da Silva VD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068470 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
da Silva Venicius Dantas VD Tribess Sheilla S Meneguci Joilson J Sasaki Jeffer Eidi JE Santos Douglas de Assis Teles DAT Carneiro José Ailton Oliveira JAO Virtuoso Júnior Jair Sindra JS
International journal of environmental research and public health 20180626 7
This paper aims to analyse whether time spent in sedentary behaviour was a discriminant criterion for frailty in older adults. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 457 elderly individuals aged ≥60 years. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following criteria: Unintentional weight loss, low walking speed at a 4.57 m course, reduced manual grip strength, exhaustion and insufficient physical activity level. Participants were classified into two groups ...[more]