@article{ref1,
title="Influence of frailty phenotype items on functional capacity and falls occurrence in frail community-dwelling older adults: analysis of FIBRA Study",
journal="Topics in geriatric rehabilitation",
year="2016",
author="Azevedo da Silva, Silvia Lanziotti and Viana, Joana Ude and Neri, Anita Liberalesso and Ferriolli, Eduardo and Lourenço, Roberto Alves and Dias, Rosângela Corrêa",
volume="32",
number="2",
pages="74-80",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Items of frailty phenotype and frailty load can differently influence functional capacity and risk of falls in frail older adults.   Methods: The FIBRA study is a cross-sectional, multicentric, and multidisciplinary investigation of 617 community-dwelling older adults from Brazil considered frail by the frailty phenotype.   Results and Conclusion: Functional capacity for basic activities of daily living was different for those older adults positive at gait slowness (P =.002); for instrumental activities of daily living differences occurred for 4 positive items; for falls differences appeared only for gait slowness (P =.30). As older adults are considered frail, frailty load is not strongly associated with functional capacity and falls occurrence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0882-7524",
doi="10.1097/TGR.0000000000000096",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0000000000000096"
}