Physical activity as an indicator of predictive functional disability in elderly
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Physical activity as an indicator of predictive functional disability in elderly.
To analyze the time spent on physical activity in female and male individuals as a predictor of the absence of functional disability in older adults, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 624 individuals. Receiver Operating Characteristic curves (ROC) were constructed and compared to areas of physical activity by gender and the absence of functional disability. We identified cutoffs of phy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0104-1169
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-11692012000200007