Physical activity and/or sedentary behaviour and the development of functional disability in community-dwelling older adults in Tsuru, Japan: a prospective cohort study (the Tsuru Longitudinal Study)

• Kazushi Maruo,
• Takuya Yamada,
• Yoshiharu Fukuda,
• Susumu S Sawada,
• Shinichiro Sato,
• Noriko Takeda,
• Mutsumi Nakamura,
• Yuta Nemoto,
• Yoshinori Kitabatake,
• Takashi Arao

Affiliations

Kazushi Maruo

4 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Takuya Yamada

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Yoshiharu Fukuda

Health Promotion, Department of International Health Development, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Susumu S Sawada

Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Shinichiro Sato

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Human Arts and Sciences Libraries, Saitama, Japan

Noriko Takeda

Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan

Mutsumi Nakamura

Faculty of Human Care at Makuhari, Tohto University, Makuhari, Japan

Yuta Nemoto

Research Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Japan

Yoshinori Kitabatake

School of Health and Social Services, Saitama Prefectural University, Koshigaya, Japan

Takashi Arao

Physical Fitness Research Institute, Meiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, Hachioji, Japan