Machine Learning Reveals How Muscle Power Predicts Frailty and Falls in Aging
An unsupervised machine learning analysis of 23 physical performance measures in 368 older adults identified three performance clusters that aligned ...
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When the Ground Betrays: How Mild Cognitive Impairment Rewires the Brain’s Emergency Reflexes for Tripping
A new GeroScience study shows that older adults with mild cognitive impairment recover from sudden trip-like perturbations with shorter steps, ...
Slow Walking and Fuzzy Thinking Together Reveal Who Will Fall After 90
A landmark study of more than 1,000 people over age 90 finds that combining gait speed and cognitive testing predicts ...
Parkinson’s Doubles Hip Fracture Risk, Yet Osteoporosis Drugs Are No More Likely After Breaks
A nationwide Finnish cohort study found that people with Parkinson's disease receive anti-osteoporosis medications at rates similar to or higher ...
Dementia Brain Rewires Itself to Keep Stepping Fast, fNIRS Study Reveals
A new fNIRS study shows that older adults with dementia reorganize their prefrontal networks into more segregated local clusters, and ...
Walking While Thinking: How Dual-Task Tests Became a Window Into the Aging Brain
A new bibliometric analysis in GeroScience maps 22 years of dual-task research in cognitive aging, tracing its evolution from gait ...
Trunk Control May Hold a Key to Balance and Fall Risk in Older Adults
A new cross-sectional study of 76 older adults in Türkiye finds that poor lumbopelvic motor control, especially on trunk extension ...
Waist-Pull Robot Reveals Why Above-Knee Amputees Fall So Often
A cable-driven perturbation study found above-knee amputees fell 45 times while non-amputees never fell, revealing that prosthetic knee limitations force ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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