About the Authors

Ana Carolina Patrício de Albuquerque Sousa

Affiliation CNPQ Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Ricardo Oliveira Guerra

roguerra@ufrnet.br

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Mai Thanh Tu

Affiliation École de Santé Publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Susan P. Phillips

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Canada

Jack M. Guralnik

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui

Affiliations École de Santé Publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalière de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACPAS ROG JMG MVZ. Performed the experiments: ACPAS ROG MTT MVZ. Analyzed the data: ACPAS ROG MVZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACPAS ROG SPP JMG MVZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ACPAS ROG MTT SPP JMG MVZ.