Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Accelerated Decline in Gait Speed and Grip Strength: Insights from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

Identifying Older Adults at Risk of Accelerated Decline in Gait Speed and Grip Strength: Insights from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

Gait speed and grip strength are widely used measures of physical function in older adults and are predictive of disability, hospitalization, and mortality. However, there is a limited understanding of the long-term trajectories of these measures and which older adults are at the highest risk of fun...

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Main Authors: David H. Lynch, Hillary Spangler, Jacob S. Griffin, Anna Kahkoska, Dominic Boccaccio, Wenyi Xie, Feng-Chang Lin, John A. Batsis, Roger A. Fielding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Journal of Ageing and Longevity
Subjects:
gait speed
grip strength
functional decline
older adults
frailty
NHATS
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9259/5/2/19
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