Par profesionales de la salud
L. Lorenzo-López, R. López-López, A. Maseda, et al.Maturitas. 2019;119:54-60 Greater understanding of changes in the degree of frailty is important for clarifying the natural history of frailty and may help clinical decision-making regarding preventive interventions. The objectives of this study were to explore natural frailty transition rates at 1-year follow-up and to identify the main determinants of such transitions. |
R. Otsuka, C. Tange, M. Tomida, et al.J Nutr Health Aging. 2019;23(1):89-95 Nutrition plays an important role in the development of frailty, and the present prospective cohort study examined the association between energy, macronutrient, and food intake and the development of physical frailty. |
E.T. Lewis, E. Dent, H. Alkhouri, et al.Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2019;80:104-114 The aim is to determine the prevalence of frailty in Emergency Departments (EDs); examine the ability of frailty to predict poor outcomes post-discharge; and identify the most appropriate instrument for routine ED use. |
R. Reiter, B. Iglseder, W. Treschnitzer, et al.Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2019;80:98-103 Quantification of skeletal muscle mass is mandatory for diagnosing sarcopenia, a highly prevalent geriatric syndrome. While dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the reference method in a clinical context, bioimpedance analysis (BIA) is more readily applicable on a broad scale. Recently BIA equations for the prediction of appendicular skeletal muscle mass in higher age groups have been published, but data on their performance in geriatric inpatients are lacking. |
E.J. Groessl, R.M. Kaplan, W.J. Rejeski, et al.Am J Prev Med. 2019;56(1):141-146 Physical activity interventions can slow the decline in quality of life, and targeting specific subgroups may enhance the effects of such interventions. |
A.J. Mayhew, K. Amog, S. Phillips, et al.Age Ageing. 2019;48(1):48-56 This review aims to summarise the definitions of sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults and explore similarities and differences in prevalence estimates by definition. |



