Turns out how you balance can provide significant insight into your health.
, a measure of overall health and a predictor of longevity for middle-aged and older adults.
"We were able to periodically access vital data — alive or dead — in our Clinimex Exercise cohort," he said."And, with the collaboration of some of the best exercise epidemiologists in the world, we could apply very advanced and sophisticated statistical methods to analyze our data. And here we are with one more fascinating and practice-changing study.
"I have hypothesized that poor balance was associated with lower survival time. However, the final results were even more impressive than I initially thought; The ability to complete this simple test could be relevant in terms of prognosis for all-cause mortality from a quite extended age range, i.e., 51-75 years old," he says.And he also drew from his personal experience.