Frailty: a global health challenge in need of local action

SD Dlima, A Hall, AQ Aminu, A Akpan, C Todd… - BMJ Global …, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Frailty is a complex, age-related clinical condition that involves multiple contributing factors
and raises the risk of adverse outcomes in older people. Given global population ageing …

Nature-based allied health: current practice, challenges and opportunities

J Stanhope, K Foley, M Butler, J Boddy, K Clanchy… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Purpose To guide the effective use of nature-based approaches, we aimed to determine
current practice, challenges and proposed solutions concerning the use of these …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity and intrinsic capacity in healthy older adults from the MAPT study

J Raffin, M Fourteau, KV Giudici, Y Rolland… - Archives of gerontology …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background The construct of intrinsic capacity (IC) has been recently developed with the aim
of assessing and monitoring life-long individuals' functional trajectories. Physical activity …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of intrinsic capacity trajectory and onset of activities of daily living disability among community-dwelling older adults

S Zhang, S Wu, R Guo, S Ding… - Journal of Global Health, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Global population ageing has brought about new challenges for elderly care.
Exploring intrinsic capacity (IC) over time, which is designed as a composite measure of an …