Reduced Body Flexibility Is Associated With Poor Survival in Middle‐Aged Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study
A component of physical fitness-body flexibility-as assessed by the Flexindex is strongly and inversely associated with natural and non-COVID-19 mortality risk in middle-aged men and women. Future studies should assess whether training-induced flexibility gains are related to longer survival.
Authors
- Barry A. Franklin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9115-4990)
- Jonathan Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-136X)
- Christina Grüne de Souza e Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0758-5174)
- Cláudio Gil Soares de Araújo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6679-6695)
- Claudia Lúcia Barros de Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-0407)
- João Felipe Franca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6681-4152)
- Jari A. Laukkanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-1586)
- Setor K. Kunutsor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2625-0273)
- Maria A. Fiatarone Singh
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- Central Finland Health Care District (FI)
- Beaumont Hospital, Troy (US)
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14708
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.73