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G.E. Furtado, M. Uba Chupel, L. Minuzzi, et al.Exp Gerontol. 2020;129:110759. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2019.110759. Epub 2019 Oct 31. Identification of older populations at increased risk of physical frailty using biochemical approaches could improve screening accuracy. The aim of this study was to study the relationship between immune markers and independent components of physical frailty in institutionalized older women. |
L. Han, A. Clegg, T. Doran, et al.Age Ageing. 2019 ;48(5):665-671. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afz088. Routine frailty identification and management is national policy in England, but there remains a lack of evidence on the impact of frailty on healthcare resource use. We evaluated the impact of frailty on the use and costs of general practice and hospital care. |
R. Lachmann, M. Stelmach-Mardas, M.M. Bergmann, et al.PLoS One. 2019 Oct 15;14(10):e0223449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223449. eCollection 2019 The advancing age of the participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam study was the incentive to investigate frailty as a major parameter of ageing. The aim of this study was to develop a multidimensional tool to measure frailty in an ageing, free-living study population. |
A. Mañas, B. Del Pozo-Cruz, I. Rodríguez-Gómez, et al.BMC Geriatr. 2019;19(1):270 Physical activity and sedentary behaviour have been suggested to independently affect a number of health outcomes. To what extent different combinations of physical activity and sedentary behaviour may influence physical function and frailty outcomes in older adults is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the combination of mutually exclusive categories of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time on physical function and frailty in older adults. |
F.M. Martínez-Arnau, R. Fonfría-Vivas, O. CauliNutrients. 2019 Oct 17;11(10) Treating sarcopenia remains a challenge, and nutritional interventions present promising approaches. We summarize the effects of leucine supplementation in treating older individuals with sarcopenia associated with aging or to specific disorders, and we focus on the effect of leucine supplementation on various sarcopenia criteria, e.g., muscular strength, lean mass, and physical performance. |
E. Dent, J.E. Morley, A.J. Cruz-Jentoft, et al.J Nutr Health Aging. 2019;23(9):771-787 The task force of the International Conference of Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) developed these clinical practice guidelines to overview the current evidence-base and to provide recommendations for the identification and management of frailty in older adults. |