Accidental changes in the daily physical activity of older people are an alarm signal indicating a high probability of disability and imminent death.. This conclusion, according to the scientific portal EurekAlert, researchers from Canada and the United States of America.

Elderly people who randomly begin to show higher, or, conversely, reduced physical activity at certain periods of time, are more likely to be injured and become disabled. Accordingly, they have a higher risk of death..

The study, based on which such a conclusion was made, was conducted on a group of volunteers of 1275 people for thirteen years. Scientists monitored the daily physical activity of people using special electronic bracelets worn by participants in the experiment..

“Random changes in physical activity significantly increased the likelihood of developing weakness and disability. Elderly people who observed unusual patterns in the results of monitoring their daily activity on average died more than one and a half times more often, ”doctors say, noting that the specific reasons for the observed correlation have yet to be studied in the framework of upcoming large-scale research projects.

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