Physical Declines Begin Earlier Than Expected Among U.S. Adults

< p > Contact: Sarah Avery < br / > Phone: [phone] < br / > Email: < a href= " mailto:[e-mail] " > [e-mail] < /a > < br / > < a href= " https://www.dukehealth.org/ " > https://www.dukehealth.org < /a > < /p > < p > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE on Thursday, July 21, 2016 < /p > < p > < span style= " line-height: 1.2em; " > DURHAM and KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Physical declines begin sooner in life than typically detected, often when people are still in their 50s, according to a < /span > < a href= " https://www.dukehealth.org/ " style= " line-height: 1.2em; " > Duke Health < /a > < span style= " line-height: 1.2em; " > study that focused on a large group of U.S. adults across a variety of age groups. < /span > < /p > < p > The finding suggests that efforts to maintain basic strength and endurance should begin before age 50, when it ’s still possible to preserve the skills that keep people mobile and independent later in life. < /p > < p > “Typically, functional tests are conducted on people in their 70s and 80s, and by then you’ve missed 40 years of opportunities to remedy problems,” said < a href= " https://medicine.duke.edu/faculty/miriam-c-morey-phd " > Miriam C. Morey < /a > , Ph.D., senior fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development at Duke University School of Medicine. Morey is senior author of research published in the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. < /p > < p > Morey and colleagues studied a group of 775 p...

Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - July 22, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news