title: A New Concept of Health Can Improve the Definition of Frailty.
abstract: Following a newly developed concept of health, this viewpoint suggests that the concept of frailty can usefully be defined as: the weakening of health, i.e. the resilience or capacity to cope, and to maintain and restore one's integrity, equilibrium, and sense of wellbeing in three domains: physical, mental, and social.
authors.affiliation: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. eb@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boers
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Cruz Jentoft
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Frailty; Gerontolog; Health; Opsteoporosis; Sarcopenia