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Clinical frailty scale in cardiac patients- the role of exercise.

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In the last years, the World Health Organization showed an strongly increased in ageing population in the world and in 2030 approximately 11% will be considered old-aged (almost 1 billion)… Click to show full abstract

In the last years, the World Health Organization showed an strongly increased in ageing population in the world and in 2030 approximately 11% will be considered old-aged (almost 1 billion) [1]. Ageing process are strongly related to frailty, which is considered a progressive condition characterized by extreme vulnerability, reduced mobility and independence, with higher hospitalizations, reduced cognition and mortality [2-4].

Keywords: frailty scale; cardiac patients; patients role; frailty; clinical frailty; scale cardiac

Journal Title: Physical Therapy
Year Published: 2017

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