Sarcopenia during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions: long-term health effects of short-term muscle loss

R Kirwan, D McCullough, T Butler, F Perez de Heredia… - GeroScience, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary global emergency that has led to the
implementation of unprecedented measures in order to stem the spread of the infection …

Multisystem physiological perspective of human frailty and its modulation by physical activity

JA Taylor, PL Greenhaff, DB Bartlett… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
“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 …

[HTML][HTML] The association of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior with skeletal muscle strength and muscle power in older adults: A systematic …

KA Ramsey, AGM Rojer, L D'Andrea, RHJ Otten… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Engaging in physical activity (PA) and avoiding sedentary behavior (SB) are
important for healthy ageing with benefits including the mitigation of disability and mortality …

Circadian rhythms and cancers: the intrinsic links and therapeutic potentials

L Zhou, Z Zhang, E Nice, C Huang, W Zhang… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
The circadian rhythm is an evolutionarily conserved time-keeping system that comprises a
wide variety of processes including sleep–wake cycles, eating–fasting cycles, and activity …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise and the immune system: taking steps to improve responses to cancer immunotherapy

MP Gustafson, CM Wheatley-Guy… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The remarkable success of cancer immunotherapies has provided new hope to cancer
patients. Unfortunately, a significant proportion of patients remain unable to respond to …

Age and frailty are independently associated with increased COVID-19 mortality and increased care needs in survivors: results of an international multi-centre study

C Welch - Age and ageing, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Increased mortality has been demonstrated in older adults with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), but the effect of frailty has been unclear. Methods This multi …

Reframing how physical activity reduces the incidence of clinically-diagnosed cancers: appraising exercise-induced immuno-modulation as an integral mechanism

A Emery, S Moore, JE Turner, JP Campbell - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Undertaking a high volume of physical activity is associated with reduced risk of a broad
range of clinically diagnosed cancers. These findings, which imply that physical activity …

Rejuvenation of neutrophil functions in association with reduced diabetes risk following ten weeks of low-volume high intensity interval walking in older adults with …

DB Bartlett, CA Slentz, LH Willis, A Hoselton… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neutrophil dysfunction is a common feature of aging, and is associated with the
pathogenesis of many age-related diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) …

Physical activity and breast cancer prevention: possible role of immune mediators

Y Xu, CJ Rogers - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is strong evidence that physical activity (PA) reduces risk, recurrence, and mortality
from breast cancer. Emerging data suggest that PA induces changes in inflammatory and …

A pilot study of high-intensity interval training in older adults with treatment naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia

G MacDonald, A Sitlinger, MA Deal, ED Hanson… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the USA, affecting
predominantly older adults. CLL is characterized by low physical fitness, reduced immunity …