Impact of Exercise in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (original) (raw)

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Background: Concern has been expressed that preventive measures in older people might increase frailty by increasing survival without improving health. We investigated the impact of exercise on the probabilities of health improvement, deterioration and death in community-dwelling older people.

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