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Possibilities of ICT-supported services in the clinical management of older adults

M. Vollenbroek-Hutten, S. Jansen-Kosterink, M. Tabak, et al.

Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10

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Aim of this article is to describe the possible field of application for ICTsupported services in the management of older adults, in particular those with functional impairment.

The need of operational paradigms for frailty in older persons: the SPRINTT project

M. Cesari, E. Marzetti, R. Calvani, et al.

Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10

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The lack of consensus around a single operational definition has limited the clinical implementation of frailty in clinical practice.

In this context, the recently funded “Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multi-componenT Treatment strategies” (SPRINTT) project (largely based on such a novel approach) may indeed fill an important gap in the field and provide key insights for counteracting the disabling cascade in the elderly.

Preventing mobility disability in Europe: a health economics perspective from the SPRINTT study

N. Sirven, T. Rapp, S. Coretti, et al.

Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10

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The “Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multicomponenT Treatment strategies” (SPRINTT) project will provide a unique opportunity to explore health economics issues associated with frailty.

Physical frailty, sarcopenia, and the enablement of autonomy: philosophical issues in geriatric medicine

A. Blasimme

Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10

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In this paper, I show that what in political and moral philosophy has come to be known as “the capability approach” may indeed provide much needed conceptual clarification in the area of frailty research.

The “Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multicomponenT Treatment strategies” (SPRINTT) randomized controlled trial: design and methods

F. Landi, M. Cesari, R. Calvani, et al.

Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10

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SPRINTT is a phase III, multicenter RCT aimed at comparing the efficacy of a MCI, based on long-term structured physical activity, nutritional counseling/dietary intervention, and an information and communication technology intervention, versus a healthy aging lifestyle education program designed to prevent mobility disability in 1500 older persons with physical frailty and sarcopenia who will be followed for up to 36 months.

 

Rationale for a preliminary operational definition of physical frailty and sarcopenia in the SPRINTT trial

M. Cesari, F. Landi, R. Calvani, et al.

Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10

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In the present article, the rationale that guided the operationalization of the theoretical concept of physical frailty and sarcopenia (PF&S), the condition of interest for the “Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in Older People: Multicomponent Treatment Strategies” (SPRINTT) trial, is presented.

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