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The relationship between frailty and polypharmacy in older people: A systematic review

M. Gutiérrez-Valencia, M. Izquierdo, M. Cesari, et al.

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2018 Mar 25. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13590. [Epub ahead of print]

Frailty and polypharmacy are common in older adults.

This is the first systematic review analysing the available evidence on the relationship between frailty and polypharmacy in older adults. A reduction of polypharmacy could be a cautious strategy to prevent and manage frailty. Further research is needed to confirm the possible benefits of reducing polypharmacy in the development, reversion or delay of frailty.

 

 

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Benefits of resistance training in physically frail elderly: a systematic review

P. Lopez, R.S. Pinto, R. Radaelli, et al.

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2017 Nov 29. doi: 10.1007/s40520-017-0863-z. [Epub ahead of print]

Exercise is one of the most important components in frailty prevention and treatment. Therefore, we systematically reviewed the effect of resistance training (RT) alone or combined with multimodal exercise intervention on muscle hypertrophy, maximal strength, power output, functional performance, and falls incidence in physically frail elderly.

 

 

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Frailty Defined by FRAIL Scale as a Predictor of Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

G. Kojima

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018;19(6):480-483

The objectives is to conduct a systematic review of the literature on prospective cohort studies examining mortality risk according to frailty defined by FRAIL scale, and to perform a meta-analysis to synthesize the pooled risk estimates.

 

 

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Grip strength measurement for frailty assessment in patients with vascular disease and associations with comorbidity, cardiac risk, and sarcopenia

T.E. Reeve, R. Ur, T.E. Craven, et al.

J Vasc Surg. 2018;67(5):1512-1520

Frailty measures based on walking-based tests may be impractical or invalid for patients with walking impairment from symptoms or sequelae of vascular disease. We hypothesized that grip strength is associated with frailty, comorbidity, and cardiac risk among patients with vascular disease.

 

 

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Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Frailty in the Toledo Study of Healthy Aging: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study

B. Davies, F. García, I. Ara, et al.

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018;19(4):282-286

Frailty and sarcopenia are distinct but related conditions.

Sarcopenia is not a useful clinical biomarker of frailty, but its absence might be useful to exclude frailty.

 

 

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Sufficient levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and protein intake required to increase muscle mass in sarcopenic older adults - The PROVIDE study

S. Verlaan, A.B. Maier, J.M. Bauer, et al.

Clin Nutr. 2018;37(2):551-557

This study wants to test if baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and dietary protein intake influenced changes in muscle mass and function in older adults who received nutritional intervention.

 

 

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Effect of sarcopenia on clinical and surgical outcome in elderly patients with proximal femur fractures

C.D. Chang, J.S. Wu, J.N. Mhuircheartaigh, et al.

Skeletal Radiol. 2018;47(6):771-777

In proximal femur fractures, elderly patients with sarcopenia are more likely to have prolonged hospitalization following surgery and require more blood transfusion volume during the perioperative period.

 

 

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Effect of Protein Intake on Lean Body Mass in Functionally Limited Older Men

S. Bhasin, C.M. Apovian, T.G. Travison, et al.

JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(4):530-541

This study aimed at investigating whether increasing protein intake to 1.3 g/kg/d in older adults with physical function limitations compared with usual protein intake within the RDA (0.8 g/kg/d) improves lean body mass (LBM), muscle performance, physical function, fatigue, and well-being and augments LBM response to a muscle anabolic drug.

 

 

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Sex differences in the effect of fish-oil supplementation on the adaptive response to resistance exercise training in older people: a randomized controlled trial

M. Da Boit, R. Sibson, S. Sivasubramaniam, et al.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;105(1):151-158

Long-chain n-3 PUFA supplementation augments the increases in muscle function and quality in older women but not in older men after resistance exercise training.

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