Objectively Measured Daily Step Counts and Prevalence of Frailty in 3,616 Older Adults.

Daiki WatanabeTsukasa YoshidaYuya WatanabeYosuke YamadaMisaka KimuraKyoto-Kameoka Study Group

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2020)

These findings suggest that slightly increasing the current step count, as by 1,000 steps/day (about 10 minutes of activity), may potentially prevent frailty. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:2310-2318, 2020.

Keyphrases

physical activity
community dwelling
peripheral blood
risk factors