Family Medicine & Medical Science Research
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Yosuke Osuka

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• Research Article
  The Applicability of the Activities of Daily Living Age Scale in Japanese Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 75 Years or Older
  Author(s): Rafael Figueroa, Satoshi Seino, Noriko Yabushita, Yosuke Osuka, Yoshiro Okubo, Miyuki Nemoto, Songee Jung and Kiyoji Tanaka Rafael Figueroa, Satoshi Seino, Noriko Yabushita, Yosuke Osuka, Yoshiro Okubo, Miyuki Nemoto, Songee Jung and Kiyoji Tanaka
  
  Our aim is to investigate the applicability of the activities of daily living age scale (ADLA) through the examination of the degree to which physical functionality is enhanced by habitual exercise in older Japanese aged 75 years and older. Participants comprised 598 community-dwellings older Japanese (386 women 79.0 ± 3.5 and 212 men 79.1 ± 3.8), who were divided in 2 groups of a non-exercise (NE) and an active group (A). The ADLA equation is an instrument that estimates participants’ physical functioning regarding ADL using data obtained previously from 1006 subjects. All participants completed a comprehensive battery of 3 physical performance items that formed the basis for the ADLA equation. The developed equations are as follow: ADLA for women = 0.447 (chronological age: CA) – 5.49 (ADL scoreADLS) + 44.17; and ADLA for men = 0.519CA – 4.27ADLS + 38.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000167

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