A digital mirror of frailty? What daily-life mobility measures add.
The article focuses on the use of wrist-worn digital mobility sensors to assess frailty in middle-aged and older adults, demonstrating that such digital measures can predict hospitalization and mortality comparably to the established Fried frailty phenotype. It highlights the shift from traditional,...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 4 |
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