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ArticleSports medicine and health science2022

Are flexibility and muscle-strengthening activities associated with functional limitation?

Craig E Pfeifer, Leanna M Ross, Samantha R Weber, Xuemei Sui, Steven N Blair

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Article in Sports medicine and health science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Craig E PfeiferDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States.
Leanna M RossDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States.
Samantha R WeberDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States.
Xuemei SuiDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States.
Steven N BlairDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly St, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective cohort study examined the relationship between self-reported participation in flexibility and muscular strengthening activities and the development of functional limitation (i.e., once an individual has difficulty with or becomes unable to perform activities of daily living). Data were obtained from 1318 adults (mean age 49.5 ​± ​9.7 years; 98.7% Caucasian; 14.9% female) enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study from 1979 to 2004 and free of functional limitation at baseline. Mail-back health surveys were used to prospectively determine incident functional limitation. Participation in muscle-strengthening and flexibility activities was assessed via self-report. Adjusted logistic regression analyses were used to determine the odds ratios (

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AgingExerciseFunctional capacityHealthIndependenceQuality of life

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PMID35782278
PMCPMC9219252

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