Sarcopenia and malignancies: epidemiology, clinical classification and implications

FM Zhang, HF Wu, HP Shi, Z Yu, CL Zhuang - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia is a progressive systemic skeletal muscle disorder characterized by a
pathological decline in muscle strength, quantity, and quality, which frequently affects the …

Assessment of physical activity in adults using wrist accelerometers

F Liu, AA Wanigatunga, JA Schrack - Epidemiologic reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The health benefits of physical activity (PA) have been widely recognized, yet traditional
measures of PA, including questionnaires and category-based assessments of volume and …

Measuring aging and identifying aging phenotypes in cancer survivors

JL Guida, TA Ahles, D Belsky, J Campisi… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Observational data have shown that some cancer survivors develop chronic conditions like
frailty, sarcopenia, cardiac dysfunction, and mild cognitive impairment earlier and/or at a …

Active-to-sedentary behavior transitions, fatigability, and physical functioning in older adults

JA Schrack, PL Kuo, AA Wanigatunga… - The Journals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background With aging, daily physical activity (PA) becomes less frequent and more
fragmented. Accumulation patterns of daily PA—including transitions from active-to …

Association of total daily physical activity and fragmented physical activity with mortality in older adults

AA Wanigatunga, J Di, V Zipunnikov… - JAMA Network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Fragmented daily physical activity may be a sign of physiological decline that
provides more powerful insight into impending mortality than total daily activity. Objective To …

Objectively measured patterns of daily physical activity and phenotypic frailty

AA Wanigatunga, Y Cai, JK Urbanek… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Self-reported low physical activity is a defining feature of phenotypic frailty but
does not adequately capture physical activity performed throughout the day. This study …

The associations of activity fragmentation with physical and mental fatigability among community-dwelling 75-, 80-, and 85-year-old people

L Palmberg, T Rantalainen… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Fatigue related to task standardized by duration and intensity, termed
fatigability, could manifest as shortening of activity bouts throughout the day causing daily …

Intervening on physical activity and sedentary behavior in older adults

J Fanning, BJ Nicklas, WJ Rejeski - Experimental gerontology, 2022 - Elsevier
Participating in sufficient levels of physical activity is important for sustaining health and
quality of life across the age span. The United States Physical Activity Guidelines …

Association between brain volumes and patterns of physical activity in community-dwelling older adults

AA Wanigatunga, H Wang, Y An… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Larger brain volumes are often associated with more free-living physical activity
(PA) in cognitively normal older adults. Yet, whether greater brain volumes are associated …

Patterns of daily physical activity across the spectrum of visual field damage in glaucoma patients

E Jian-Yu, JA Schrack, A Mihailovic, AA Wanigatunga… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To define and quantify patterns of objectively measured daily physical activity by
level of visual field (VF) damage in glaucoma patients including:(1) activity fragmentation, a …