Walking speed and short physical performance battery are associated with conversion to long‐term care need: A study in outpatients of a locomotive syndrome‐frailty clinic

Aim As the number of frail and disabled older people increases in Japan, systems are needed to detect efficiently the populations at high risk in need of care and to allow early intervention. We investigated cut‐off values for those physical functioning assessments adopted by AWGS 2019 associated with new or worsening long‐term care insurance (LTCI) certification. Methods We recruited 497 outpatients from our locomotive syndrome‐frailty clinic....