Challenges and opportunity in mobility among older adults - key determinant identification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attention is focused on the health and physical fitness of older adults due to their increasing age. Maintaining physical abilities, including safe walking and movement, significantly contributes to the perception of health in old age. One of the early signs of declining fitness in older adults is limited mobility. Approximately one third of 70-year-olds and most 80-year-olds report restrictions on mobility in their apartments and immediate surroundings. Restriction or loss of mobility is a complex multifactorial process, which makes older adults prone to falls, injuries, and hospitalizations and worsens their quality of life while increasing overall mortality.

Objective

The objective of the study is to identify the factors that have had a significant impact on mo

SUBMITTER: Maresova P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10360303 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature