Publications by authors named "Fernanda Pinheiro Amador Dos Santos Pessanha"
Background And Purpose: With the increase in the percentage of the population in older adulthood, issues such as frailty syndrome need to be considered. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the ability of the Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest) and center of pressure (COP) in their ability to discriminate between nonfrail, prefrail, and frail older adults. The proposed hypothesis is that frail older adults would show poorer performance in BESTest tasks and higher oscillation of COP on a force platform.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the association between body composition and frailty in older Brazilian subjects.
Material And Methods: This is a Cross-sectional study called FIBRA-BR and developed in community Brazilian aged ≥65 (n=5638). Frailty was assessed according to Fried et al.