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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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Association of Hearing Impairment With Incident Frailty and Falls in Older Adults

R.J. Kamil, J. Betz, B. Brott Powers, et al.

Journal of Aging and Health. 2016;28(4):644-60

The hearing impairment (HI) is highly prevalent but undertreated in older adults and, although it contributes to frailty risk, it remains poorly studied. This study aimed at determining whether HI in older adults is associated with the development of frailty and falls. This study demonstrate that moderate or greater HI is associated with increased risk of developing frailty and that HI is associated with an increased annual risk of falling.

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Polypharmacy and frailty: prevalence, relationship, and impact on mortality in a French sample of 2350 old people

M. Herr, J.M. Robine, J. Pinot, et al.

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. 2015;24(6):637-46

Polypharmacy is associated to several negative outcomes as drug-drug interactions and mortality. Frail older people often have multiple chronic conditions and may therefore be particularly at risk of polypharmacy. This cross-sectional population study aimed to assess the prevalence of polypharmacy and frailty, to examine their association, and to establish their independent and combined effects on mortality in a sample of 2350 French older people aged 70 years and over. This study emphasizes the importance of the combined effects of two prevalent condition in older people, polypharmacy and frailty, on mortality risk.

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Quality of life and physical components linked to sarcopenia: The SarcoPhAge study

C. Beaudart, J.Y. Reginster, J. Petermans, et al.

Experimental Gerontology. 2015;69: 103–110

The SarcoPhAge project is an ongoing longitudinal study following community-dwelling elderly subjects; the aim of this study is to assess prevalence of sarcopenia and clinical components using the diagnosis algorithm developed by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP). The authors concluded that sarcopenia seems to be associated with many harmful clinical components (for example frailty and polipharmacy) making this geriatric syndrome a real public health burden.

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Nutritional, Physical, Cognitive and Combination Interventions and Frailty Reversal Among Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

T. P. Ng, L. Feng, M.S. Nyunt, et al.

Am J Med. 2015;128(11):1225-1236.e1

This study aimed to assess the reversibility of frailty in 246 community-living prefrail and frail older people in Singapore (mean age: 70 years). Participants were randomly assigned to 5 different 6-month interventions: nutritional supplementation, physical training, cognitive training, combination treatment and usual care control. Frailty score, body mass index, knee extension strength, gait speed, energy/vitality, physical activity levels and secondary outcomes (activities of daily living dependency, hospitalization and falls) were assessed at 0, 3, 6 and 12 months. Frailty score and status over 12 months were reduced in all groups, but the reduction rates were significantly higher in the intervention groups compared with the usual care control group, with the combination intervention group showing the highest odds (OR 5.00). Beneficial effects persisted at 12 months.

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