Assessment of frailty: a survey of quantitative and clinical methods

Abstract Background Frailty assessment is a critical approach in assessing the health status of older people. The clinical tools deployed by geriatricians to assess frailty can be grouped into two categories; using a questionnaire-based method or analyzing the physical performance of the subject. In...

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Main Authors: Yasmeen Naz Panhwar, Fazel Naghdy, Golshah Naghdy, David Stirling, Janette Potter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42490-019-0007-y