Clinical Definition and Pathophysiology of
Frailty: A Brief Review
Volume 1 - Issue 4
Daniel A Jaffe*, Jennifer K Hewit and Todd Crowder
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- Department of Physical Education, United States Military Academy, USA
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Daniel A Jaffe, Department of Physical Education, United States Military Academy, New York, USA
Received: October 10, 2018; Published: October 15, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2018.01.000119
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Abstract
With the medical field making constant and dramatic
improvements in treatment and prevention of disease progression,
life expectancies in the United States are increasing dramatically,
with the elderly population demonstrating the greatest expansion.
This substantial increase in the elderly population creates new and
unfounded challenges in treating and caring for this sect of the
population. In 1990, the American Medical association stated that
“. . . one of the most important tasks that the medical community
faces today is to prepare for the problems in caring for the elderly
in the 1990’s and the 21st century” [1]. This particular study
emphasized the need to develop and sustain means of special care
for the growing population of the frail and vulnerable elderly.
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