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Orthopaedic surgeons’ perceptions of frailty and frailty screening [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background Over the past decade, there has been significant growth in the awareness and understanding of fragility among orthopaedic surgeons in the context of osteoporotic fractures and with it, improvements in the recognition and management of ...
Mandy M. Archibald +3 more
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Journal of Frailty & Aging, 2012 Frailty is a common, heterogeneous, geriatric syndrome associated with adverse health events. Over the last years, a growing debate has emerged concerning the inclusion of cognitive impairment in the definition of frailty. In fact, cognitive impairment has been increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to the clinical vulnerability of older ...
Houles M +5 more
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Journal of Frailty & Aging, 2015 Aging can be defined as a process of advancing frailty due to a progressive reduction of functional reserves of organs and systems. It is characterized by a continuous reduction of homeostatic capacity, in particular in response to internal and external cues, leading to a consequent increase in morbidity and ...
DONINI, Lorenzo Maria, L.M. DONINI
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Protein Intake and the Risk of Pre-Frailty and Frailty in Norwegian Older Adults. The Tromsø Study 1994–2016 [PDF]
, 2022 BACKGROUND: Protein intake is suggested as an important dietary factor in the prevention of frailty, however, the infuence of lifelong intake remains unclear.
Strand, Bjørn Heine +13 more
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Atherosclerosis in frailty: Not frailty in atherosclerosis [PDF]
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GUARALDI, Giovanni, Raggi, Paolo
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The Journal of nutrition, health and aging, 2020 Frailty in older adults is a complex condition in which only a minor external stressor may cause severe complications leading to death. In the context of the recent devastating bushfires in Australia and the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, recognising and protecting those affected has magnified the impact and public health importance of frailty.
Dent, Elsa +3 more
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Longitudinal Analyses Of Frailty Trajectories Among European Older Adults [PDF]
, 2023 Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome characterized by decreased adaptability to stressors and increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes. Frailty is not simply about ageing, but is where ageing has taken its toll.
Dinh, Linh
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Translational Medicine @ UniSa, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled the frailty of our societies from too many points of view to look away. We need to understand why we were all caught unprepared. On the one hand, we have all short memories. As we forget too quickly, we were unable to recognize key factors influencing response and preparedness to public health threats. For many years,
Illario, M +8 more
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Health Research Policy and Systems, 2023 Background Transdisciplinary research and knowledge translation are increasingly regarded as key concepts underpinning applied research across the health and social sciences, due to their presumed potential in addressing complex, “wicked” problems and ...
Mandy M. Archibald +3 more
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Role of sarcopenia in the frailty transitions in older adults: a population‐based cohort study
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022 Background Frailty and sarcopenia are age‐associated syndromes that have been associated with the risk of several adverse events, mainly functional decline and death, that usually coexist.
Alejandro Álvarez‐Bustos +6 more
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