Skeletal muscle function and need for long-term care of urban elderly people in Japan (the Bunkyo Health Study): a prospective cohort study

Skeletal muscle function and need for long-term care of urban elderly people in Japan (the Bunkyo Health Study): a prospective cohort study

Purpose The proportion of elderly individuals (age ≥65 years) in Japan reached 27.7% in 2017, the highest in the world. A serious social problem in a super-aged society is the rise in the number of elderly people who need long-term care (LTC), which is mainly due to cerebrovascular disease, dementia...

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Main Authors: Kazuo Kaneko, Yuki Someya, Yoshifumi Tamura, Hideyoshi Kaga, Shuko Nojiri, Kazunori Shimada, Hiroyuki Daida, Muneaki Ishijima, Shigeki Aoki, Takashi Miida, Satoshi Hirayama, Seiki Konishi, Nobutaka Hattori, Yumiko Motoi, Hisashi Naito, Ryuzo Kawamori, Hirotaka Watada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/9/e031584.full
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