Published in Disability and rehabilitation
Purpose: To determine the chair stand test protocol that is most suitable for older adults in clinical settings by reviewing the currently available methods.Methods: Five electronic English databases were searched and details of methods used on individuals aged ≥65 years in the included studies were compared, including the instrument used to record...
Published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) recently updated the definition of sarcopenia in order to reflect scientific and clinical evidences. The aim is to explore the prevalence of sarcopenia (according to the new EWGSOP2 definition) and related risk factors among an unselected sample of subjects living in community. The ...
Published in Vascular
This study was performed to determine whether thigh sarcopenia can serve as a clinically relevant predictor of postoperative complications and overall survival after revascularization in patients with critical limb ischemia. Patients who underwent preoperative computed tomography followed by infrainguinal revascularization from 2006 to 2015 were re...
Published in Cureus
Background Sarcopenia has been associated with poor survival among cancer patients. Normalized total psoas area (NTPA) has been used as a surrogate for defining sarcopenia. Few data exist characterizing the impact of sarcopenia and other metrics of fitness on clinical outcomes in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated ...
Published in Medicine
Introduction: The mean age of the German population increased over the last years, which resulted in a higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, cognitive impairment, sarcopenia and bone fractures. Current evidence indicates a preservation of human wellbeing in the elderly by a healthy diet, although the recommended macronutrie...
Published in Advances in Nutrition
Evidence concerning the impact of the nutritional status on viral infection outcome is discussed, focusing on COVID-19.
Published in Oncotarget
Background: Sarcopenia was initially recognized as a marker representing the nutritional condition or aging. Recently, sarcopenia has been associated with a poor prognosis and postoperative complications. We examined the importance of sarcopenia as a predictive marker of the prognosis in penile cancer. Materials and Methods: A total of 25 patients ...
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Hand grip is a leading measure of muscle strength and general health, yet its association with body shape is not well characterized. Here, we examine correlations between grip strength, a body shape index (ABSI), and body mass index (BMI) in the 2011–2014 United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cohorts. Grip strength was foun...
Published in Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
L-carnitine administration was reported to improve sarcopenia in patients with cirrhosis. However, the amount of evidence from previous studies is not sufficient. The present study aimed to clarify the effect of levocarnitine (L-carnitine) administration on body composition in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). In the present study, 85 pati...
Published in Nutrients
Aging is a global public health concern. From the age of 50, muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance tend to decline. Sarcopenia and frailty are frequent in community-dwelling older adults and are associated with negative outcomes such as physical disability and mortality. Therefore, the identification of therapeutic strategies to pre...
