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,...

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Publicado en:Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 4
Autores principales: Hausdorff, Jeffrey M, Mirelman, Anat, Becker, Clemens
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Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Feb2026
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          Laboratory for Early Markers of Neurodegeneration, Center for the Study of Movement, Cognition, and Mobility, Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, -Tel Aviv, IsraelGray Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, IsraelDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush University - Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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          Geriatrisches Zentrum, Unit Digitale Geriatrie, UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, BW, Germany
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