Medscape August 21, 2024
The more flexible you are as you age, the longer you’re likely to live.
That’s the conclusion of a new study that associated increased flexibility in middle age with a lower odds of mortality over the next dozen or so years.
The prospective cohort study, which evaluated the flexibility of more than 3100 men and women in Brazil, found body flexibility was strongly and inversely associated with mortality risk over a 13-year follow-up period.
Claudio Gil Araújo, MD, PhD, the research director of the Exercise Medicine Clinic-CLINIMEX in Rio de Janeiro, who led the study, said his group was not surprised by the results. “We found what we expected. Reduced flexibility was related to poor survival,” he said.
The findings,...
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