Reduced Body Flexibility Is Associated With Poor Survival in Middle-Aged Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Claudio Gil S AraújoChristina G de Souza E SilvaSetor Kwadzo KunutsorBarry A FranklinJari Antero LaukkanenJonathan MyersMaria A Fiatarone SinghJoão Felipe FrancaClaudia Lucia B Castro

Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2024)

A component of physical fitness-body flexibility-as assessed by the Flexindex is strongly and inversely associated with natural and non-COVID-19 mortality risk in middle-aged men and women. Future studies should assess whether training-induced flexibility gains are related to longer survival.

Keyphrases

middle aged
coronavirus disease
sars cov
free survival
high glucose
drug induced
diabetic rats
current status