Lim, Jia Yi Low, Nethania Ann Merchant, Reshma Aziz
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
To determine the prevalence of sarcopenia in the pre-frail community dwelling older adults based on the Asian Workgroup for Sarcopenia (AWGS 2019) criteria. In addition, the utility of case finding using the SARC-F, SARC-CalF and calf circumference on impact of prevalence was explored. 75 older adults ≥65 years old were recruited between October 20...
Kostakopoulos, Nikolaos A Karakousis, Nikolaos D
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Major urologic oncology procedures such as radical cystectomy (RC), radical prostatectomy (RP), radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) and radical or partial nephrectomy are the gold standard operations for the treatment of urological malignancies not suitable to be dealt with using minimal invasive procedures such as transurethral resection or other con...
Macías-Hernández, Salvador Israel Loya-García, Florentina Zepeda-Mora, Rafael Nava-Bringas, Tania Inés Morones-Alba, Juan Daniel
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Exercise is the most widely-used intervention for reducing bone loss and the incidence of falls and fractures in osteoporosis patients. However, disease-related changes can alter these patients' adherence to exercise programs. This study attempted to describe the factors influencing exercise adherence in a group of postmenopausal women with osteopo...
Wongtrakulruang, Panuwat Muangpaisan, Weerasak Panpradup, Bubpha Tawatwattananun, Aree Siribamrungwong, Monchai Tomongkon, Sasinapha
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
To identify the prevalence of, and factors associated with, cognitive frailty and prefrailty, and to investigate correlation between frailty tools. One hundred and ninety five older adults were recruited from the medical outpatient clinics of 3 tertiary hospitals in Bangkok metropolitan region. The data collected were demographic information, lifes...
Arkkukangas, Marina Bååthe, Karin Strömqvist Hamilton, Julia Ekholm, Anna Tonkonogi, Michail
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
It is of utmost importance to investigate risk factors for falls and learning techniques for falling safely. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a novel judo-inspired exercise intervention for community-dwelling older adults. We included 28 participants, 60-88 years of age, in this study. In three different settings, t...
Sreepriya, Pankajakshan Rema Pillai, Shikha Sivasankara Nair, Anjana Nalina Kumari Kesavan Rahul, Arya Pillai, Sandeep Nair, Anish Thekkumkara Surendran
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
To estimate the proportion of radiologically significant (LSMI) sarcopenia and the factors associated with it among patients undergoing Computerized Tomography scan. A Cross sectional study was conducted among 152 patients underwent CT scan in the radiology department of Government medical college Thiruvananthapuram. Sarcopenia was estimated based ...
Horgan, N Frances Cummins, Vanda Doyle, Frank O'Sullivan, Maria Galvin, Rose Burton, Elissa Sorensen, Jan Skelton, Dawn A Townley, Bex Rooney, Debbie
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
An increasing ageing population leads to greater demand for care services to help maintain people in their own homes. Physical activity programmes have been shown to improve older adults' functional capacity, enabling the older adult to live independently and maintain functional status. There has been a lack of quality research conducted around phy...
Giné-Garriga, Maria Sandlund, Marlene Jerez-Roig, Javier Booth, Jo Skelton, Dawn A
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
With increasing age the risk of institutionalization increases. To address the problem of underrepresentation of care homes and their residents in future research studies, we aimed to explore care home staff members' thoughts on barriers, challenges, facilitators and key aspects of engaging in research studies. Five staff members from four care hom...
Witham, Miles D Chawner, Melody Biase, Sarah De Offord, Natalie Todd, Oliver Clegg, Andrew Sayer, Avan A
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
To establish whether existing exercise programmes offered to people with sarcopenia or frailty adhere to the current evidence base. We conducted a national survey of practitioners delivering exercise programmes to older people with sarcopenia or frailty in the UK. The link to the online survey was distributed through email lists of professional soc...
Tsagari, Amalia
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Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls
Considerable attention has recently focused on dietary protein's role in the mature skeleton. The aim was to conduct a systematic review evaluating the effects of dietary protein intake alone on bone health measures in adults (Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and bone biomarkers. Searches across 3 databases were conducted through February 2019 including ...
