Exercise to prevent and manage frailty and fragility fractures

E Dent, RM Daly, EO Hoogendijk, D Scott - Current osteoporosis reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review identifies exercise-based recommendations to
prevent and manage frailty and fragility fractures from current clinical practice guidelines. We …

Acute sarcopenia

B Montero-Errasquín, AJ Cruz-Jentoft - Gerontology, 2023 - karger.com
Sarcopenia is currently understood as an organ insufficiency. However, the distinction of
acute and chronic sarcopenia as different categories, which makes sense in this conceptual …

A critical review of current worldwide definitions of sarcopenia

HF Alhmly, RA Fielding - Calcified Tissue International, 2024 - Springer
With the increasing number of elderly individuals worldwide, the prevalence of age-related
loss of muscle mass, referred to as sarcopenia, is expected to increase. Sarcopenia is a …

Imaging modalities for measuring body composition in patients with cancer: opportunities and challenges

UA Shah, TJ Ballinger, R Bhandari… - JNCI …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Body composition assessment (ie, the measurement of muscle and adiposity) impacts
several cancer-related outcomes including treatment-related toxicities, treatment responses …

Association of bioelectrical impedance phase angle with physical performance and nutrient intake of older adults

S Unterberger, R Aschauer, PA Zöhrer, A Draxler… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the phase angle (PhA) as a raw bioelectrical impedance analysis variable
has gained attention to assess cell integrity and its association to physical performance in …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectories, transitions, and trends in frailty among older adults: a review

EO Hoogendijk, E Dent - Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Frailty is an age-related clinical state associated with deterioration across multiple
physiological systems and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality later in life. To …

New perspectives on frailty in light of the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition, the Global Leadership Initiative on Sarcopenia, and the WHO's concept of …

E Muñoz-Redondo, A Morgado-Pérez, MJ Pérez-Sáez… - Maturitas, 2023 - Elsevier
This review gathered the evidence on the epidemiology of frailty, as well as on screening
and diagnostic tools, and new perspectives, in light of the latest global frameworks in …

High Sarcopenia Awareness Contrasts a Lack of Clinical Implementation Among Geriatric Rehabilitation Health Care Professionals in the Netherlands: EMPOWER …

LMG Verstraeten, JP van Wijngaarden… - Journal of Geriatric …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Despite being associated with serious adverse outcomes, such
as mortality, sarcopenia remains largely undiagnosed in older individuals. This study aimed …

Fatigue and primary sarcopenia in geriatric patients

V Suzan, BB Kanat, H Yavuzer - Revista da Associação Médica …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the frequency of fatigue in geriatric
patients with primary sarcopenia and to evaluate the relationship between fatigue and …

Independent and joint association of sarcopenia and frailty with mortality in older patients with gastrointestinal cancer: a cohort study with prospective data collection

IM Sousa, FM Silva, IPA das Virgens, EC Costa… - Supportive Care in …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Sarcopenia and frailty are associated with mortality in older patients with
gastrointestinal cancer. However, it is unclear if there is an additional risk when both are …