Clinical Nutrition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
43(7), P. 1736 - 1746
Published: May 29, 2024
Early
identification
of
people
at
risk
cancer-related
malnutrition,
low
muscle
mass
(LMM)
and
sarcopenia
is
crucial
to
mitigate
the
impact
adverse
outcomes.
This
study
investigated
factors
associated
with
LMM,
malnutrition
(probable-)
whether
these
varied
in
or
without
a
history
cancer.
Current Osteoporosis Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
21(2), P. 205 - 215
Published: March 28, 2023
This
review
identifies
exercise-based
recommendations
to
prevent
and
manage
frailty
fragility
fractures
from
current
clinical
practice
guidelines.
We
also
critically
assess
recently
published
literature
in
relation
exercise
interventions
mitigate
fractures.
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
26(4), P. 289 - 295
Published: Dec. 12, 2022
Frailty
is
an
age-related
clinical
state
associated
with
deterioration
across
multiple
physiological
systems
and
a
leading
cause
of
morbidity
mortality
later
in
life.
To
understand
how
frailty
develops
what
causes
its
progression,
longitudinal
data
repeated
measurements
are
required.
This
review
summarizes
evidence
from
studies
on
trajectories,
transitions,
trends.
We
identified
several
consistent
findings:
increases
aging
dynamic
condition,
more
recent
generations
older
adults
have
higher
levels.
These
findings
both
public
health
relevance,
including
the
provision
healthcare
aged
care
services
coming
years.
Further
required,
particularly
those
conducted
low-
middle-income
countries
investigating
factors
changes
frailty.
The
latter
may
help
develop
better-targeted
interventions
to
reverse
or
slow
progression
JNCI Monographs,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
2023(61), P. 56 - 67
Published: May 4, 2023
Abstract
Body
composition
assessment
(ie,
the
measurement
of
muscle
and
adiposity)
impacts
several
cancer-related
outcomes
including
treatment-related
toxicities,
treatment
responses,
complications,
prognosis.
Traditional
modalities
for
body
include
mass
index,
circumference,
skinfold
thickness,
bioelectrical
impedance
analysis;
advanced
imaging
dual
energy
x-ray
absorptiometry,
computerized
tomography,
magnetic
resonance
imaging,
positron
emission
tomography.
Each
modality
has
its
advantages
disadvantages,
thus
requiring
an
individualized
approach
in
identifying
most
appropriate
measure
specific
clinical
or
research
situations.
Advancements
approaches
have
led
to
abundance
available
data,
however,
lack
standardized
thresholds
classification
abnormal
adiposity
been
a
barrier
adopting
these
measurements
widely
care.
In
this
review,
we
discuss
different
detail
provide
guidance
on
their
unique
opportunities
challenges.
Clinical Interventions in Aging,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
Volume 18, P. 809 - 825
Published: May 1, 2023
Purpose:
Pre-frailty
and
frailty
in
older
adults
are
associated
with
poor
health
outcomes
increase
health-care
costs,
further
worsening
during
hospitalization.
This
study
aimed
to
examine
the
effect
of
an
individualized
hospital
home,
exercise-nutrition
self-managed
intervention
for
pre-frail
frail
hospitalized
adults.
Patients
Methods:
Older
admitted
acute
medical
unit
a
tertiary
South
Australia
who
were
or
recruited
from
September
2020
June
2021,
randomized
either
control
group
followed
up
at
3
6
months.
The
outcome
variables
program
adherence,
status
by
Edmonton
Frail
Scale
(EFS)
score,
lower
extremity
physical
function,
handgrip
strength,
nutritional
status,
cognition,
mood,
health-related
quality
life,
risk
functional
decline,
unplanned
readmissions.
Results:
Participants
79.2
±
6.6
years
old,
63%
female,
mostly
(67%),
EFS
8.6±
1.9.
Adherence
inpatient
home
visits/telehealth
high
(91±
13%
92±
21%,
respectively).
Intention-to-treat
analysis
using
linear
regression
models
showed
that
participants
had
significantly
greater
reduction
(−
3.0;
95%
CI:
−
4.8
3.0)
months
2.5;
3.8
1.0,
P
<
0.001
both)
compared
group;
particularly
performance
component.
There
also
improvements
overall
Short
Physical
Performance
Battery
score
(4.0;
1.3
6.6)
(3.9;
1.0
6.9,
0.05
both),
mini-mental
state
examination
(2.6;
0.3–
4.8,
=0.029)
strength
(3.7;
0.2–
7.1,
=0.039)
Geriatric
Depression
Scale,
2.2;
4.1
0.30,
=0.026)
as
control.
Conclusion:
provided
evidence
acceptability
patient
may
benefit
alleviate
pre-frailty
hospitalised
Keywords:
frailty,
self-management,
exercise,
nutrition
therapy
Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
47(2), P. 67 - 76
Published: Feb. 24, 2023
Background
and
Purpose:
Despite
being
associated
with
serious
adverse
outcomes,
such
as
mortality,
sarcopenia
remains
largely
undiagnosed
in
older
individuals.
This
study
aimed
to
assess
the
awareness,
practices,
barriers
enablers
clinical
implementation
of
diagnosis
treatment
among
geriatric
rehabilitation
health
care
professionals
Netherlands.
Methods:
As
part
EMPOWER-GR,
a
cross-sectional
survey
working
Netherlands
was
undertaken
between
September
23,
2020,
January
28,
2021.
Professionals
were
recruited
via
provider,
professional
associations,
networks
research
team,
social
media.
Descriptive
statistics
used
outcomes.
Results
Discussion:
Of
501
professionals,
12.2%
physicians,
23.0%
physical
therapist/occupational
therapists,
30.3%
dietitians,
19.6%
nurses,
11.0%
assistants.
The
concept
known
by
83.8%
participants,
92.5%
correctly
identified
low
muscle
mass
strength
(and
performance),
73.8%
very
important
management
adults
admitted
for
rehabilitation.
Although
26.2%
18.9%
participants
reported
screening
diagnosing
sarcopenia,
respectively,
their
current
practice,
only
3.0%
adequately
(revised)
definition
European
Working
Group
on
Sarcopenia
Older
People.
When
has
been
diagnosed,
65.0%
initiating
consisting
resistance
exercise
training
(78.7%),
food
fortification/high-energy
or
protein
diet
(85.4%),
oral
nutritional
supplements
(70.4%).
Most
lack
knowledge,
access
tools,
equipment
time,
while
protocol
implementation,
training,
clear
responsibilities.
Conclusions:
awareness
is
high
Netherlands,
but
adequate
almost
nonexistent
which
hampers
interventions.
Better
responsibilities,
tools
protocols,
well
prioritization,
are
needed
be
diagnosed
treated
Frontiers in Nutrition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11
Published: June 20, 2024
Background
and
Aims
Physical
performance
is
a
major
contributor
of
mobility
independence
during
older
life.
Despite
progressive
decline
in
musculoskeletal
function
starts
from
middle
age,
several
factors
acting
the
life-course
can
negatively
influence
functional
capacities.
Lifestyle
interventions
incorporating
nutrition
physical
exercise
help
maximizing
muscle
capacities
early
life
as
well
preserving
them
later
Among
various
dietary
compounds,
omega-3
polyunsaturated
fatty
acids
(PUFAs)
are
gaining
growing
attention
for
their
potential
effects
on
membrane
composition
function.
Indeed,
pathways
enhanced,
such
an
attenuation
pro-inflammatory
oxidative
stress,
mitochondrial
function,
activation
mammalian
target
rapamycin
(mTOR)
signaling
reduction
insulin
resistance.
Methods
We
performed
narrative
review
to
explore
existing
literature
relationship
between
PUFAs
across
life-course.
Results
Growing
evidence
randomized
controlled
trials
(RCTs)
suggests
beneficial
including
parameters
mid
On
other
hand,
despite
direct
association
not
available
literature,
some
mechanisms
by
which
may
contribute
improved
adult
could
be
hypothesized.
Conclusion
Omega-3
positive
effect
parameters.
The
integration
measures
future
studies
would
great
interest
whether
starting
extending
throughout
lifespan.
However,
larger
high-quality
RCTs
needed
fully
elucidate
supplementation
mass
Nutrition Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
24(1)
Published: Jan. 16, 2025
Dysgeusia
is
a
distortion
of
the
sense
taste
whose
prevalence
and
relationship
with
nutritional
status
in
Metabolic
dysfunction-associated
Steatotic
Liver
Disease
(MASLD)-related
advanced
chronic
liver
disease
(ACLD)
have
never
been
systematically
explored.
200
MASLD
patients
[60
≤
F3
fibrosis,
70
compensated
ACLD
(cACLD),
decompensated
(dACLD)]
were
enrolled.
At
baseline,
Child–Pugh
(CP)
score
was
determined.
Dietary
habits,
body
composition,
frailty
evaluated.
The
European
Working
Group
(EWGSOP2)
criteria
defined
sarcopenia.
assessed
by
Dysgeusia-Total-Score
(DTS).
A
visual
analog
scale
identified
appetite
impairment
(VASAI).
During
6-month
follow-up,
liver-related
decompensation
events
(LRDEs)
recorded.
dysgeusia
increased
progression,
appearing
significantly
higher
compared
(65.7%
vs
5%,
p:0.003),
as
well
dACLD
to
cACLD
(58.5
7.1%
p
<
0.0001).
On
41
presenting
dysgeusia,
37
(90.2%)
showed
significant
levels.
In
dACLD,
CP
positively
correlated
both
DTS
(R:0.742)
VASAI
(R:0.704),
directly
(R:0.765)
(all
Compared
without
dysgeusia-affected
presented
lower
daily
protein
intake
(g/kg/die)
(1.55
±
0.192
1.34
0.15,
Sarcopenia
(70.7
41.3%)
(69.29
37.9%)
more
prevalent
individuals
(both
These
risk
LRDEs
occurrence
during
follow-up
[HR:2.205;
C.I.
95%:1.186–4.099;
p:0.01].
Logistic
regression
analysis
revealed
(aOR:
3.32),
(aOR:1.32),
sarcopenia
3.75),
(aOR:3.03)
associated
this
outcome
appears
predominant
MASLD-dACLD
and,
via
impairment,
close
malnutrition,
sarcopenia,
frailty,
negatively
influencing
patients'
outcomes.
BMC Geriatrics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
25(1)
Published: Jan. 22, 2025
The
Simpler
Modified
Fried
Frailty
Scale
(SMFFS)
has
recently
been
developed
from
the
original
scale
to
ease
its
use
in
clinical
practice,
by
transforming
items
requiring
measurements
into
self-reported
inquiries.
Its
predictive
validity
needs
be
clarified,
especially
populations
with
a
high
prevalence
of
frailty,
such
as
patients
heart
failure
(HF).
Primary
aim
this
study
is
find
out
frailty
older
HF
using
SMFFS
and
show
concordance
other
assessment
tools.
Secondary
reveal
whether
useful
predict
mortality
follow-up.
This
prospective,
follow-up
including
adults
(≥
65
years)
HF.
was
used
assess
phenotype
presence
≥
3
accepted
frailty.
FRAIL
scale,
Study
Osteoporosis
Fractures
(SOF)
index,
Edmonton
(EFS)
were
alternatively
correlation
different
scales.
Cox-regression
analysis
performed
identify
SMFFS-defined
could
follow-up,
adjusting
for
list
characteristics
geriatric
syndromes.
Among
101
HF,
44
(42.8%)
female.
Mean
age
75.8
±
7.6
63.4%
according
SMFFS.
showed
strong
In
median
759
days,
cardiomegaly,
increased
pulmonary
artery
pressure
(PAP)
defined
only
predictors
after
adjustments
age,
falls
previous
year,
undernutrition,
probable
sarcopenia,
functional
impairments,
quality
life
[HR
(95%
CI)
3.88
(1.05–14.3),
1.05
(1.01–1.09),
10.96
(1.07–112.05)
(p
=
0.027);
PAP,
respectively].
As
screening
tool,
independently
associated
two
years.
recommended
guidelines
risk
stratification
seems
more
effectively
integrated
routine
practice
easy
practical
Further
large
studies
are
needed
support