Phase angle as bioelectrical marker to identify elderly patients at risk of sarcopenia

C Basile, D Della-Morte, F Cacciatore, G Gargiulo… - Experimental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Several markers have been associated with sarcopenia in the elderly, including bioelectrical
indices. Phase angle (PhA) is an impedance parameter and it has been suggested as an …

Nutritional influences on age-related skeletal muscle loss

AA Welch - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2014 - cambridge.org
Age-related muscle loss impacts on whole-body metabolism and leads to frailty and
sarcopenia, which are risk factors for fractures and mortality. Although nutrients are integral …

Avaliação da capacidade funcional em pacientes com artrite reumatoide: implicações para a recomendação de exercícios físicos

FS Santana, DC Nascimento, JPM Freitas… - Revista brasileira de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
A artrite reumatoide (AR) é uma doença autoimune que se caracteriza por poliartrite crônica
simétrica, de grandes e pequenas articulações, e rigidez matinal que pode levar a …

Metabolic syndrome, sarcopenia and role of sex and age: cross-sectional analysis of Kashiwa cohort study

S Ishii, T Tanaka, M Akishita, Y Ouchi, T Tuji, K Iijima… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that effects of cardiovascular risk factors may
vary depending on sex and age. In this study, we assessed the associations of metabolic …

Assessment of functional capacity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: implications for recommending exercise

FS Santana, DC Nascimento, JPM Freitas… - Revista brasileira de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic
symmetric polyarthritis of large and small joints and by morning stiffness that may lead to …

[PDF][PDF] Self-rated health, health related behaviours and medical conditions of Māori and non-Māori in advanced age: LiLACS NZ

R Teh, N Kerse, M Kepa, RN Doughty, S Moyes… - NZ Med J, 2014 - academia.edu
Aims To establish self-rated health, health-related behaviours and health conditions of Māori
and non-Māori in advanced age. Method LiLACS NZ is a longitudinal study. A total of 421 …

Interleukin-6 predicts short-term global functional decline in the oldest old: results from the BELFRAIL study

W Adriaensen, C Matheï, B Vaes, G Van Pottelbergh… - Age, 2014 - Springer
The chronic inflammatory state at old age may contribute to the pathophysiology of or reflect
chronic conditions resulting in loss of physical and mental functioning. Therefore, our …

[HTML][HTML] Predicción de la masa muscular apendicular esquelética basado en mediciones antropométricas en Adultos Mayores Chilenos

L Lera, C Albala, B Ángel, H Sánchez, Y Picrin… - Nutrición …, 2014 - SciELO Espana
Objetivos: Desarrollar un modelo antropométrico de predicción de masa muscular
apendicular esquelética (MMAE), en adultos mayores chilenos. Métodos: La muestra …

Grape seed extract prevents skeletal muscle wasting in interleukin 10 knockout mice

B Wang, G Yang, X Liang, M Zhu, M Du - BMC complementary and …, 2014 - Springer
Background Muscle wasting is frequently a result of cancers, AIDS, chronic diseases and
aging, which often links to muscle inflammation. Although grape seed extract (GSE) has …

Major aging-associated RNA expressions change at two distinct age-positions

M Gheorghe, M Snoeck, M Emmerich, T Bäck… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Genome-wide expression profiles are altered during biological aging and can
describe molecular regulation of tissue degeneration. Age-regulated mRNA expression …