Background. Gait speed is a quick, inexpensive, reliable measure of functional capacity with
well-documented predictive value for major health-related outcomes. Numerous …

With global trends in population aging, many nations are developing and implementing
healthy aging policies to promote quality as well as years of healthy life. To broaden the …

Worldwide, falls among older people are a public health concern because of their frequency
and adverse consequences in terms of morbidity, mortality, and quality of life, as well as their …

Background Fall‐related injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in older
populations. Summary information about countermeasures that successfully address the risk …

Objective Frailty is associated with increased vulnerability to poor health. There is growing
interest in understanding the association between frailty and chronic kidney disease (CKD) …

A review of existing studies which defined and measured healthy ageing as an outcome was
undertaken to clarify the term for the purposes of informing policy development and further …

Aims frailty is proposed as a summative measure of health status and marker of individual
vulnerability. We aimed to investigate the discriminative capacity of a frailty index (FI) …

Objective: This study aimed to identify the distribution of fall related injury in older people
hospitalised for acute treatment of injury, in order to direct priorities for prevention. Setting: A …

STUDY OBJECTIVE In the causative mechanism of falls among older community dwellers,
slips and trips have been found to be significant precursors. The purpose of the two year trial …

Background Gait speed and cognitive performance tend to decline with age. A better
understanding of the dynamics of the association between gait speed and cognitive status …