POPULATION PREVALENCE OF MOTOR FUNCTION IMPAIRMENTS IN US OLDER ADULTS: THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND AGING TRENDS STUDY
Anis Davoudi, Hang Wang, Ryan Dougherty, Amal Wanigatunga, Alden Gross, Jennifer Schrack · 2024
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How an older adult walks, stands, and grips reflects their whole physical health. Anis Davoudi and co-authors measure how common impairments in those skills are across the United States. They use a national survey of Medicare beneficiaries, with hands-on tests in 5,055 adults aged sixty-five and up.
Every impairment grew more common with age. At sixty-five to sixty-nine, trouble rising from a chair led, at about forty-two percent. Past ninety, slow walking led, at about ninety percent. The share impaired in all four skills climbed from about twelve percent to sixty-four percent across those ages. The 2024 findings argue for tackling these limits earlier in life.
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| CREATOR | Anis Davoudi, Hang Wang, Ryan Dougherty, Amal Wanigatunga, Alden Gross, Jennifer Schrack |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |