Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Johns Hopkins scientists report that a 10-minute test for frailty, first designed to predict whether the elderly ...

Gait is a fundamental activity of daily living and can reflect multiple aspects of physical and cognitive function in older ...

A simplified frailty index created by surgeons at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich., is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious complications in older ...

Falls and fall-related injuries are a common concern in older adults and can have significant consequences. For older adults who are hospitalized for ground-level falls, their level of frailty can be ...

A slower walking pace among older adults with blood cancer can be a sign of frailty – which could be useful to know when tailoring one’s care to increase survival and lower hospitalizations. A slower ...

Frailty has been used to predict how well a patient may recover from a major operation. Because frailty assessments are not routinely utilized in busy surgical practices, surgeons at Emory University ...

A simple arm test that employs a novel wearable technology can rapidly and accurately identify physiological frailty in older adults, according to new study results. A simple arm test that employs a ...

A simplified frailty index created by surgeons is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious complications in older patients considering total hip and knee replacement procedures, ...