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Preserved muscle function as a protective factor against cognitive decline: Longitudinal results from the FINGER study

Alzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2026.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Muscular function is essential for healthy aging. This study examined the relationship between baseline muscle condition and changes in cognitive performance over 2 years. METHODS We conducted an observational analysis of longitudinal data from the control arm of the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive ...
Miguel German Borda, Jenni Lehtisalo, Kevin O’ Hara‐Veintimilla, Robinson RamírezVélez, Felipe BoteroRodriguez, Jonathan PatricioBaldera, Tiia Ngandu, Alina Solomon, Francesca Mangialasche, Mario Ulises Pérez‐Zepeda, Dag Aarsland, Miia Kivipelto, NJ FINGER   +12 more
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Questionnaire Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening version (HHIE-S): sensitivity and specificity study [PDF]

, 2009
PURPOSE: To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening version (HHIE-S) in the hearing screening of elderly people who seek for different health care services (audiological ...
Ana Carolina Argondizo de Rosis, Bagai A, Bess FH, Corso JF, Dalton DS, Davis H, Gates GA, Hinchcliffe R, Lichtenstein MJ, Maria Cecília Martinelli Iório, Marilia Rodrigues Freitas de Souza, Nondahl DM, Nóbrega JD, Pizan-Faria VM, Ribeiro A, Russo ICP, Schuknecht HF, Sestren E, Ventry IM, Ventry IM, Veras RP, Wiley TL   +21 more
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Diferenças na aptidão física de idosos participantes de jogos adaptados e sedentários: um estudo transversal

Revista de Educação Física, 2017
Introdução: A prática esportiva em idosos levar em consideração as modificações físicas mais importantes decorrentes do processo de envelhecimento.
Fernanda Regina Rodrigues, Clarissa Biehl Printes, Rudnei Andrade, Ângelo José Gonçalves Bós   +3 more
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Adherence to antithrombotic therapy guidelines improves mortality among elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: insights from the REPOSI study [PDF]

, 2016
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a substantial risk of thromboembolism and mortality, significantly reduced by oral anticoagulation. Adherence to guidelines may lower the risks for both all cause and cardiovascular (CV) deaths.
Alessandro Nobili, BERTOLOTTI, Marco, CARULLI, Lucia, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Laura Napoleone, Marco Proietti, MUSSI, Chiara, On behalf of REPOSI investigators, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Valeria Raparelli   +9 more
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Elderly feelings and perspectives after falling [PDF]

, 2010
A queda de idosos é um problema de relevância para a saúde pública no que diz respeito aos desfechos que esse incidente pode desencadear. Sendo assim, esta pesquisa se propôs a uma melhor compreensão, sob a ótica do idoso, do que se passa após esse ...
Carvalho, Emmanuella Maussara Rocha de, Garcês, Juliana Rosa, Menezes, Ruth Losada de, Silva, Elisângela Cristiane Fontoura da   +3 more
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Functional changes during hospital stay in older patients admitted to an acute care ward : a multicenter observational study [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: Changes in physical performance during hospital stay have rarely been evaluated. In this study, we examined functional changes during hospital stay by assessing both physical performance and activities of daily living.
Corsonello, Andrea, De Buyser, Stefanie, Onder, Graziano, Petrovic, Mirko, Taes, Youri, Vetrano, Davide L, Volpato, Stefano   +6 more
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A morte e o luto: cuidado paliativo em Geriatria [PDF]

, 2014
Texto que compõe a unidade 1 do módulo “Morte e Luto” do curso de Especialização em Saúde da Pessoa Idoso produzido pela UNA-SUS/UFMA. Aborda, dentro do processo de envelhecimento, os princípios do Cuidado Paliativo, o processo de morte e o morrer, o ...
Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UNA-SUS/UFMA
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Geriatría: Asignatura pendiente

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba, 2019
Los gerontes necesitan médicos competentes en fisiología y patologías del anciano. Objetivo: relevar la enseñanza de Geriatría, intención de los alumnos de 10 y 4° año de especializarse en Geriatría y opinión sobre importancia y momento en que deberían ...
Norberto D Bassan , Oraldo R Soldano, Miguel A Vinuesa, Sebastián M Venezia, Agustina Di Sipio   +4 more
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Demographic, socioeconomic and health determinants of depressive symptoms in adults 50 years and older from Mexico: a secondary data longitudinal analysis from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

BMJ Open
Background Depression in ageing adults is a public health problem. Worldwide studies have identified social and health risk factors for depressive symptoms.
Liliana Giraldo-Rodríguez, Teresa Alvarez-Cisneros, Sara Torres-Castro, Paloma Arlet Roa-Rojas   +3 more
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Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients Are ‘Spared’ from the Metabolic Syndrome but Not from Insulin Resistance. A Comparative Study of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus-Related Steatosis

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009
BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and chronic hepatitis C feature steatosis and insulin resistance (IR), conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome (MS).
Amedeo Lonardo, Stefano Ballestri, Luigi E Adinolfi, Enrico Violi, Lucia Carulli, Silvia Lombardini, Federica Scaglioni, Matteo Ricchi, Giuseppe Ruggiero, Paola Loria   +9 more
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