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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 31 > Ability to get off the floor may predict mortality

Ability to get off the floor may predict mortality


January 31, 2013

How well older adults can sit and rise from the floor is an indication of their risk of death, according to a new study.

Researchers from the Clinimex Exercise Medicine Clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, evaluated how well more than 2,000 men and women between 51 and 80 years of age could sit and....

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