Relationship between masticatory function and frailty in community-dwelling Japanese elderly.

Yasuhiro HoribeYutaka WatanabeHirohiko HiranoAyako EdahiroKen IshizakiTakayuki UedaKaoru Sakurai

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2017)

All three masticatory functions (maximum occlusal force, mixing ability, and self-reported chewing ability) were associated with pre-frailty or frailty in community-dwelling Japanese elderly.

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community dwelling
single molecule