Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Pavasini, Rita; M. Guralnik, Jack; C. Brown, Justin; Di Bari, Mauro; Cesari, Matteo; Landi, Francesco; Vaes, Bert; Legrand, Delphine; Verghese, Joe; Wang, Cuiling; Stenholm, Sari; Ferrucci, Luigi; C. Lai, Jennifer; Arnau Bartes, Anna; Espaulella, Joan; Ferrer, Montse; Lim, Jae‐Young; E. Ensrud, Kristine; M. Cawthon, Peggy; V. Turusheva, Anna; В Фролова, Е; Rolland, Yves; Lauwers, Valerie; Corsonello, Andrea; D. Kirk, Gregory; Ferrari, Roberto; Volpato, Stefano; Campo, Gianluca

doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0763-7

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Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in BMC Medicine • Dec 1, 2016

Authors:

Rita Pavasini

Jack M. Guralnik

Justin C. Brown

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well-established tool to assess lower extremity physical performance status. Its predictive ability for all-cause mortality has been sparsely reported, but with conflicting results in different subsets of participants. The aim of this st...

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Medicine

Meta-analysis

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