Exploring frailty: muscle strength, functional capacity, activities of daily living and cognition in adult congenital heart disease
Muscle strength, functional capacity, ADL, functional mobility, and cognition were lower in the frail participants with ACHD. Early assessment of frailty in ACHD and planning individualized exercise training programs for frail individuals may be a strategy to reduce the impact of frailty on adverse clinical outcomes.
Authors
- Hayrettin Hakan Aykan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-3977)
- Melda Sağlam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5323-1943)
- İlker Ertuğrul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6607-0568)
- Tevfik Karagöz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7680-8183)
- Ceyhun Topcuoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-0851)
- Naciye Vardar‐Yağlı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0218-140X)
Institutions
- Hacettepe University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Disability and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2417775
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77