Background Gut microbiota dysbiosis and sarcopenia commonly occur in the elderly.
Although the concept of the gut–muscle axis has been raised, the casual relationship is still …

Cardiovascular diseases create an important burden on the public health systems,
especially in the elderly, mostly because this group of patients frequently suffer from multiple …

“Frailty” is a term used to refer to a state characterized by enhanced vulnerability to, and
impaired recovery from, stressors compared with a nonfrail state, which is increasingly …

Enacted measures to control the spread of COVID-19 disease such as compulsory
confinement may influence health behaviors. The present study investigated changes in …

Ageing is a natural process. Everyone must undergo this phase of life at his or her own time
and pace. In the broader sense, ageing reflects all the changes taking place over the course …

Background Frailty is an age-related condition that implies a vulnerability status affecting
quality of life and independence of the elderly. Physical fitness is closely related to frailty, as …

Objective Physical activity can be an effective means of prevention and therapy of many
psychosomatic disorders. It can also have a significant impact on the quality of life of older …

Situations such as the recovery from injury and illness can lead to enforced periods of
muscle disuse or unloading. Such circumstances lead to rapid skeletal muscle atrophy, loss …

With aging and other muscle wasting diseases, men and women undergo similar
pathological changes in skeletal muscle: increased inflammation, enhanced oxidative …

Although assessing green space provisions is essential to understand environmental
justice, few studies have focused on the age perspective and the inequality in access …