Physical activity and trajectories of frailty among older adults: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

BACKGROUND:Frail older adults are heavy users of health and social care. In order to reduce the costs associated with frailty in older age groups, safe and cost-effective strategies are required that will reduce the incidence and severity of frailty. OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether self-reported i...

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Main Authors: Nina T Rogers, Alan Marshall, Chrissy H Roberts, Panayotes Demakakos, Andrew Steptoe, Shaun Scholes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5289530?pdf=render