Due to the aging and increasingly complex nature of our patients, frailty has become a high-
priority theme in cardiovascular medicine. Despite the recognition of frailty as a pivotal …

Background Gait speed, recently proposed as the sixth vital sign of geriatric assessment, is a
strong predictor of adverse outcomes. Walking faster than 1.0 m/s is associated with better …

OBJECTIVE: To compare clinical characteristics of sarcopenia defined by the International
Working Group on Sarcopenia (IWGS) and European Working Group on Sarcopenia in …

Background—Surgical risk scores do not include frailty assessments (eg, gait speed), which
are of particular importance for patients with severe aortic stenosis considering transcatheter …

Background Depression affects up to 40% of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).
Purpose To assess resistance training effects on the depressive symptoms of elderly PD …

Objective When testing physical function, patients must be alert and have the capacity to
understand and respond to instructions. Patients with dementia may have difficulties fulfilling …

Purpose: To investigate the test–retest reliability of the 4-meter walk test (4 MWT) and 10-
meter walk test (10 MWT) in patients undergoing lower extremity surgery during inpatient …

Simple Summary This study compared mirtazapine with megestrol in the management of
cancer-related anorexia–cachexia syndrome in patients with advanced cancer. This is a …

Aim Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity are significant associative factors for functional
impairment related to aging. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the …

Frailty is a state of late life decline and vulnerability, typified by physical weakness and
decreased physiologic reserve. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of frailty share …