Frailty syndrome and risks for falling in the elderly community.
Carlos Kazuo TaguchiPedro de Lemos MenezesAmanda Caroline Souza MeloLeonardo Santos de SantanaWesley Rayan Santos ConceiçãoGabrielle Feitosa de SouzaBrenda Carla Lima AraújoAllan Robert da SilvaPublished in: CoDAS (2022)
Frailty and pre-frailty were identified in a significant segment of the volunteers, especially in the oldest subjects. Functional and dynamic balance were moderately correlated with frailty, which demonstrated that frailty syndrome increases the risk of falls.