Age and Ageing

Fragility fracture site is associated with frailty in older adults: a population-based cohort study in Japan

By Ryutaro Shibata, Yoko Sato, Shinsuke Takeda, Yoshihiro Tanaka

Cohort study of 146,052 peoplePopulations

The paper

Ryutaro Shibata, Yoko Sato, Shinsuke Takeda, Yoshihiro Tanaka

Nagoya City University; Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health

Age and Ageing, 3 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afag244 PubMed 42623434

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