Muscle mass, strength, and physical performance predicting activities of daily living: a meta‐analysis

DXM Wang, J Yao, Y Zirek… - Journal of cachexia …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
are essential for independent living and are predictors of morbidity and mortality in older …

Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis

AJ Cruz-Jentoft, G Bahat, J Bauer, Y Boirie… - Age and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background in 2010, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People
(EWGSOP) published a sarcopenia definition that aimed to foster advances in identifying …

Low physical functioning and impaired performance of activities of daily life in COVID-19 patients who survived hospitalisation

S Belli, B Balbi, I Prince, D Cattaneo… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Thousands of Italians with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been admitted to
hospital. In the Piedmont Region, as of 12 May 2020, 12 272 patients survived hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of home quarantine on physical activity among older adults living at home during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative interview study

L Goethals, N Barth, J Guyot, D Hupin, T Celarier… - JMIR aging, 2020 - aging.jmir.org
Background: Older adults and those with pre-existing medical conditions are at risk of death
from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2). In this period of …

Sarcopenic obesity in older adults: aetiology, epidemiology and treatment strategies

JA Batsis, DT Villareal - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2018 - nature.com
The prevalence of obesity in combination with sarcopenia (the age-related loss of muscle
mass and strength or physical function) is increasing in adults aged 65 years and older. A …

NCCN guidelines® insights: older adult oncology, version 1.2021: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines

E Dotan, LC Walter, IS Browner, K Clifton… - Journal of the National …, 2021 - jnccn.org
The NCCN Guidelines for Older Adult Oncology address specific issues related to the
management of cancer in older adults, including screening and comprehensive geriatric …

Frailty in older adults undergoing aortic valve replacement: the FRAILTY-AVR study

J Afilalo, S Lauck, DH Kim, T Lefèvre, N Piazza… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Background Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that diminishes the potential for functional
recovery after a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or surgical aortic valve …

Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients recovering from COVID-19

E Zampogna, M Paneroni, S Belli, M Aliani, A Gandolfo… - Respiration, 2021 - karger.com
Background: In hospitalized patients recovering from the SARS-coronavirus-2 disease 19
(COVID-19), high prevalence of muscle weakness and physical performance impairment …

Associations of sarcopenia definitions, and their components, with the incidence of recurrent falling and fractures: the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

LA Schaap, NM Van Schoor, P Lips… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The aim was to investigate the associations of sarcopenia as defined by
European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) and Foundation for the …

[HTML][HTML] Short physical performance battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

R Pavasini, J Guralnik, JC Brown, M di Bari, M Cesari… - BMC medicine, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is a well-established
tool to assess lower extremity physical performance status. Its predictive ability for all-cause …