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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Sarcopenia and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Older Adults: Evidence From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Little is known about whether sarcopenia predicts incident depressive symptoms in older adults. Using the nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we conducted cross-sectional and ...
Ke Gao, Wen-Zhuo Ma, Wen-Zhuo Ma, Scarlett Huck, Bo-Lin Li, Li Zhang, Jiao Zhu, Tian Li, Dan Zhou   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implications of skeletal muscle loss for public health nutrition messages:a brief report [PDF]

, 2015
Age-related skeletal muscle loss, sarcopenia, cachexia and wider malnutrition (under nutrition) are complex in aetiology with interaction of clinical, social and economic factors.
Levy, Louis B, Welch, Ailsa A
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Systemic Vascular Function Is Associated with Muscular Power in Older Adults

Journal of Aging Research, 2012
Age-associated loss of muscular strength and muscular power is a critical determinant of loss of physical function and progression to disability in older adults.
Kevin S. Heffernan, Angela Chalé, Cynthia Hau, Gregory J. Cloutier, Edward M. Phillips, Patrick Warner, Heather Nickerson, Kieran F. Reid, Jeffrey T. Kuvin, Roger A. Fielding   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sarcopenia prevalence and associated factors among older Chinese population: Findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Sarcopenia a recognised geriatric syndrome. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of possible sarcopenia, sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia among older Chinese adults and to identify any associated factors for possible sarcopenia according to the ...
Xin Wu, Xue Li, Meihong Xu, Zhaofeng Zhang, Lixia He, Yong Li   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of Trunk Muscle Strength on Walking Velocity in Elderly People with Sarcopenia [PDF]

, 2020
鈴鹿医療科学大
加藤 康太
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Prognostic Value of Computed Tomography : Measured Parameters of Body Composition in Primary Operable Gastrointestinal Cancers [PDF]

, 2017
Professor Graeme Murray, Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen provided us access to the colorectal cancer pathology databases from which the colorectal component of the research was based.
Black, Douglas, Hamoodi, Zaid, Loudon, Malcolm, MacKay, Craig, Nanthakumaran, Shayanthan, Park, Kenneth G. M., Ramsay, George, Richards, Colin H.   +7 more
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Effect of allopurinol on phosphocreatine recovery and muscle function in older people with impaired physical function:a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Allopurinol has vascular antioxidant effects and participates in purinergic signalling within muscle. We tested whether allopurinol could improve skeletal muscle energetics and physical function in older people with impaired physical ...
Cavin, Ian, Clarke, Clare L., Gandy, Stephen, George, Jacob, Gingles, Christopher, Hutcheon, Anita, Nicholas, Richard S., Priba, Lukasz, Struthers, Allan D., Sumukadas, Deepa, Witham, Miles D.   +10 more
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Prevalence and associated factors of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenia: findings from a Chinese community-dwelling old adults cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2022
Purpose To describe the prevalence and analyse the associated factors of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenia among community-dwelling old adults in China, in order to provide effective strategies for early prevention and treatment of sarcopenia.
Jiazhi Wang, Changge Liu, Lin Zhang, Ning Liu, Lei Wang, Jingqiong Wu, Yizhao Wang, Huimin Hao, Longjun Cao, Shilei Yuan, Liping Huang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors That Improve Chest Computed Tomography-Defined Sarcopenia Prognosis in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
BackgroundWhether muscle strength and physical performance should be components of sarcopenia remains controversial. This study evaluated the skeletal muscle index derived from computed tomography images at the 12th thoracic vertebra level (T12 SMI ...
Ming Yang, Ming Yang, Ming Yang, Lingling Tan, Lingling Xie, Song Hu, Dan Liu, Jing Wang, Weimin Li, Weimin Li, Weimin Li   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source