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Developing an assessment based on physical fitness age to evaluate motor function in frail and healthy elderly women

open access: yesClinical Interventions in Aging, 2018
Masaki Nakagaichi,1 Yuya Anan,2 Yuto Hikiji,3 Sou Uratani4 1Sports and Life Sciences, National Institute of Fitness and Sports in KANOYA, Kanoya, Japan; 2Department of Nutritional Health, Kwassui Women’s University, Nagasaki, Japan; 3Department of
Nakagaichi M   +3 more
doaj  

Profile in frail older people over 60 years of age in five Colombian cities, 2021

open access: yesMedicina U.P.B.
Objective: To establish the frailty profile of older people living in the urban areas of Bucaramanga, Medellín, Pereira, Popayán and Santa Marta in Colombia, as frail people aged 60 or over are increasingly important in primary care due to demographic ...
Víctor H. Arboleda   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psoas Muscle Volume as a Predictor of Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery for Strangulated Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Single‐Center Study

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This retrospective study identified low preoperative psoas muscle volume, measured by computed tomography, as an independent predictor of postoperative complications in patients undergoing emergency surgery for strangulated small bowel obstruction. Low psoas muscle volume, particularly in older adults, was associated with cardiopulmonary and systemic ...
Takuya Shiraishi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The interplay and interaction between frailty and acute kidney injury

open access: yes, 2020
Lameire, Norbert   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Reaching the Frail Elderly for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation-REAFEL. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Bamberg C   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Nationwide Real‐World Modeling of Surgical Outcomes in Elderly Patients: Incorporating Geriatric‐Specific Risk Factors Into Prediction of Mortality and Morbidity

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
A reliable and effective risk prediction model for mortality and morbidity in elderly patients undergoing gastroenterological surgeries was developed and validated. Geriatric‐specific risk factors, including the newly added variables in the NCD registry, along with age, were identified as significant contributors to the model. ABSTRACT Aim As the aging
Naoya Sato   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

MTUG: an Instrumented Timed Up and Go Extended Test. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background The aim of this study was to, using the inertial sensor found in the iPhone4®, locate in the ten meter Extended Timed Get Up and Go test the series of kinematic variables deriving from accelerometry and from angular velocity and displacement ...
Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio   +1 more
core  

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