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FRAGILITE PHENOTYPIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of Old Age
CONT

Phenotypic frailty is conceptualized as a clinical syndrome driven by age-related biologic changes that drive physical characteristics of frailty and eventually, adverse outcomes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
CONT

[...] la fragilité phénotypique [...] considère la fragilité comme un syndrome causé par une spirale descendante des réserves. Elle mesure cinq critères : perte de poids involontaire, épuisement auto-déclaré, faible endurance, faible vitesse de marche et faible niveau d'activité physique. Un individu est considéré comme fragile si au moins trois de ces critères sont présents.

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