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I. Lozano-Montoya, A. Correa-Pérez, I. Abraha, et al.Clin Interv Aging. 2017;12:721-740 This overview of systematic reviews highlights the importance of exercise interventions with or without nutritional supplementation to improve the physical performance in community-dwelling patients aged >65 years with physical frailty and sarcopenia. Muscle strength was improved with multidisciplinary treatment and exercise interventions in this population. |
M. Herr, J.J. Arvieu, J. Ankri, et al.Eur J Ageing. 2017;15(2):165-173 This study aimed to estimate the time spent in the state of frailty in men and women using the Sullivan method. In conclusion, frailty is a transition state that is relatively limited in time compared to pre-frailty that may represent a larger time window for prevention. |
O. Ethgen, C. Beaudart, F. Buckinx, et al.Calcif Tissue Int. 2017;100(3):229-234 This article showed that the number of sarcopenic patients will dramatically increase in the next 30 years, making consequences of muscle wasting a major public health issue. |
M. Tosato, E. Marzetti, M. Cesari, et al.Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10 CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT The aim of this article is to critically review available methods for muscle mass estimation, highlighting strengths and weaknesses of each of them as well as their proposed field of application. |
E. Marzetti, R. Calvani, M. Tosato, et al.Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10 CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT The “Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multi-componenT Treatment strategies” project (the SPRINTT project) has operationalized a specific condition, named physical frailty and sarcopenia (PF&S), characterized by the combination of low physical performance (based on the Short Physical Performance Battery) and low muscle mass (according to the FNIH cut-points). A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a multi-component intervention for preventing mobility disability and other adverse health outcomes in older adults with PF&S. |
E. Marzetti, R. Calvani, M. Tosato, et al.Aging Clin Exp Res Epub 2017 Feb 10 CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT The present review summarizes the available evidence in support of physical activity as a remedy against physical frailty and sarcopenia. |



