Physical function management for elderly dialysis patients: prevention and improvement of frailty and disability

Abstract Frailty has become an emerging public health problem in the aging society and is regarded as a state of vulnerability to developing increased dependency and/or mortality when exposed to a stressor. As the proportion of elderly dialysis patients is increasing worldwide, frailty has recently...

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Main Authors: Kosaku Nitta, Norio Hanafusa, Yuki Kawaguchi, Ken Tsuchiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41100-023-00459-2