Considering How to Define Animal Models of Intrinsic Capacity in Aging (opens in new tab)

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched intrinsic capacity into the space of ideas relating to the study of aging a decade ago; it is defined as "the composite of all the physical and mental capacities that an individual can draw on." At a more detailed level, intrinsic capacity is envisaged as the sum of motor capacity, sensory capacity, general vitality, psychological wellness, and cognition capacity. What the WHO authors did not specify is how to measure any of this, specifically and ...