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Frailty is the characteristic of the patient´s health status of elderly and senile age, which reflects the need for care. This clinical situation includes a combination of five positions: weight loss, sarcopoenia, the dinamometric decrease in power of the brush, expressed weakness and fatigue, decrease of speed of movement, a significant reduction in physical activity. The article presents modern views on this phenomenon, shows data of epidemiology, approaches to diagnosis and using in gerontological and geriatric practice.

Keywords: geriatrics, gerontology, elderly age, frailty

Ilnitski A.N. ², Prashchayeu K. I. ¹ FRAILTY AS THE CONCEPT OF MODERN GERONTOLOGY // ГЕРОНТОЛОГИЯ. – 2013. – № 1;
URL: gerontology.esrae.ru/1-2 (Date Access: 14.11.2024).

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