Fear of falls is associated with less physical activity for people in their nineties, who averaged around 3,000 daily steps per activity tracker data
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Fear of falls is associated with less physical activity for people in their nineties, who averaged around 3,000 daily steps per activity tracker data
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294817
Article Title: Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in nonagenarians: Associations with self-reported physical activity, anthropometric, sociodemographic, health and cognitive characteristics
Author Countries: Finland
Funding: The NONAGINTA – Memory and Health in 90-year-olds – study was supported by the Academy of Finland (grants 320109 and 345988 to E.V.). The research work has further been supported by the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation (to S.A.), Juho Vainio Foundation (to S.A.) and the Academy of Finland (grant 314639 to E.V.). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLoS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0294817
Article Title
Accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior in nonagenarians: Associations with self-reported physical activity, anthropometric, sociodemographic, health and cognitive characteristics
Article Publication Date
6-Dec-2023
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.