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Elliot T Varney, Seth Lirette, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Frank Greenway, Candace M Howard
To harmonise computed tomography (CT) and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) body composition measurements allowing easy conversion in longitudinal assessments and across cohorts to assess cardiometabolic risk and disease. Retrospective cross-sectional observational study from 1996 to 2008 included participants in the Pennington Center Longitudinal Study (PCLS) (N = 1967; 571 African American/1396 White). Anthropometrics, whole-body DXA and abdominal CT images were obtained. Multi-layer segmentation techniques (Analyze; Rochester, MN) quantified visceral adipose tissue (VAT)...
April 11, 2024: Clinical Obesity
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Alejandro Bosch Alcaraz, Jesús Corrionero Alegre, Sonia Gil Domínguez, Patricia Luna Castaño, Pedro Piqueras Rodríguez, Sylvia Belda Hofheinz, M Ángeles Saz Roy, Esperanza Zuriguel Pérez, Rocío Fernández Lorenzo, María Mata Ferro, Ainhoa Martín Gómez, Marta Serradell Orea, Marta Martínez Oliva, Susana González Rivas, Nerea Añaños Montoto, María José Espildora González, Elena Martín-Peñasco Osorio, Eva Carracedo Muñoz, Eduardo López Fernández, Gema Lozano Almendral, Maria Victoria Ureste Parra, Alicia Gomez Merino, Alexandra García Martínez, David Morales Cervera, Laura Frade Pardo, José Miguel García Piñero
OBJECTIVES: To determine the intention to use physical restraint (PR) and the relationship with sociodemographic and professional variables of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) nurses. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY/DESIGN AND SETTING: A multicentre and correlational study was carried out from October 2021 to December 2023 in five paediatric intensive care units from five maternal and child hospitals in Spain. The Paediatric Physical Restraint-Theory of Planned Behaviour Questionnaire was provided...
April 9, 2024: Intensive & Critical Care Nursing: the Official Journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cody Wolf, Terri L Blackwell, Eileen Johnson, Nancy W Glynn, Barbara Nicklas, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Elvis A Carnero, Peggy M Cawthon, Steven R Cummings, Frederico G S Toledo, Anne B Newman, Daniel E Forman, Bret H Goodpaster
PURPOSE: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) measured by peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) declines with aging and correlates with mortality and morbidity. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) is the criterion method to assess CRF, but its feasibility, validity and reliability in older adults is unclear. Our objective was to design and implement a dependable, safe and reliable CPET protocol in older adults. METHODS: VO2peak was measured by CPET, performed using treadmill exercise in 875 adults ≥70 years in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA)...
April 11, 2024: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
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Moritz Ernst, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Romina Gollan, Emma Lieker, Julia Caro-Valenzuela, Anne Adams, Nora Cryns, Ina Monsef, Antje Dresen, Mandy Roheger, Carsten Eggers, Nicole Skoetz, Elke Kalbe
BACKGROUND: Physical exercise is effective in managing Parkinson's disease (PD), but the relative benefit of different exercise types remains unclear. OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of different types of physical exercise in adults with PD on the severity of motor signs, quality of life (QoL), and the occurrence of adverse events, and to generate a clinically meaningful treatment ranking using network meta-analyses (NMAs). SEARCH METHODS: An experienced information specialist performed a systematic search for relevant articles in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and five other databases to 17 May 2021...
April 8, 2024: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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Kim J Ploegmakers, A J Linn, S Medlock, L J Seppälä, G Bahat, M A Caballero-Mora, B Ilhan, F Landi, T Masud, Y Morrissey, J Ryg, E Topinkova, N van der Velde, J C M van Weert
PURPOSE: Falls are a major and growing health care problem in older adults. A patient portal has the potential to provide older adults with fall-prevention advice to reduce fall-risk. However, to date, the needs and preferences regarding a patient portal in older people who have experienced falls have not been explored. This study assesses content preferences, potential barriers and facilitators with regard to using a patient portal, as perceived by older people who have experienced falls, and explores regional differences between European participants...
April 8, 2024: European Geriatric Medicine
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Flora D'Ambrosio, Michael Harbo, Danilo Contiero, Anna Rita Bonfigli, Diletta Cicconi, Niels Heuer, Arend Roos, Christian Fischer Pedersen, Paolo Fabbietti, Cristina Gagliardi
INTRODUCTION: Falls are a major worldwide health problem in older people. Several physical rehabilitation programs with home-based technologies, such as the online DigiRehab platform, have been successfully delivered. The PRECISE project combines personalized training delivered through the application with an artificial intelligence-based predictive model (AI-DSS platform) for fall risk assessment. This new system, called DigiRehab, will enable early identification of significant risk factors for falling and propose an individualized physical training plan to attend to these critical areas...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health
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Saurabh P Mehta, Liane M Ventura, James D Boone, Karli D Beasley, Alexa R Brodbeck, Olivia R Rabinek
BACKGROUND: Distal radius fractures (DRF) are extremely common in middle-aged and elderly. Certified Hand Therapists (CHT) are experts in managing hand injuries including DRF. PURPOSE: Using qualitative methodology, this study examined practice patterns among CHT and understand prevalent common patterns in managing DRF. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive qualitative study. METHODS: This study utilized a qualitative descriptive method with an inductive approach to discern the practices of CHT in managing DRF...
April 6, 2024: Journal of Hand Therapy: Official Journal of the American Society of Hand Therapists
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Bartosz Olkowski, Zuzanna Marczak, Olga Maria Rostkowska, Dorota Miszewska-Szyszkowska, Olga Kozińska-Przybył, Magdalena Durlik, Julia Żak
INTRODUCTION: Sleep plays a crucial role in maintaining health. Transplant patients are exposed to numerous stressors and are at risk of sleep disturbances. The aim of this study was to assess the sleep patterns of transplant patients. METHODS: An anonymous paper survey was carried out among patients from one transplant center in Poland. Respondents were asked about the quality and quantity of sleep and the overall impact of the transplantation on their night rest...
April 6, 2024: Transplantation Proceedings
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Josep Guil Sànchez
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Ageing is associated with an increased risk of falls and trauma. The aim of the study was to assess the characteristics of patients over 65 years of age who consulted the ED for traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2022, their relationship with cognitive impairment, functional dependence, use of oral antiplatelet/anticoagulant drugs and complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective study conducted from 1 January to 31 December 2022. Demographic data were collected: age, sex, origin; cardiovascular risk factors; cognitive impairment using the Pfeiffer questionnaire; physical disability according to the Barthel Index; number of drugs; use of antiplatelet and oral anticoagulant (OAC); mechanism of fall; performance of cranial X-ray/CT, and presence of complications: intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), death...
April 6, 2024: Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Effects of a ketogenic diet on motor function and motor unit number estimation in aged C57BL/6 mice.
Carlos J Padilla, Hallie Harris, Jeff S Volek, Brian C Clark, W David Arnold
OBJECTIVE: Pathological, age-related loss of muscle function, commonly referred to as sarcopenia, contributes to loss of mobility, impaired independence, as well as increased risk of adverse health events. Sarcopenia has been attributed to changes in both neural and muscular integrity during aging. Current treatment options are primarily limited to exercise and dietary protein fortification, but the therapeutic impact of these approaches are often inadequate. Prior work has suggested that a ketogenic diet (KD) might improve healthspan and lifespan in aging mice...
April 5, 2024: Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wanhong Xiong, Dan Wang, Wei Ren, Xinyi Liu, Renhui Wen, Yu Luo
BACKGROUND: As a common psychological problem among older adults, fear of falling was found to have a wide range prevalence in different studies. However, the global prevalence of it was unknown and a lack of the large sample confirmed its risk factors. OBJECTIVES: To report the global prevalence of fear of falling and to explore its risk factors among older adults for further developing precise interventions to systematically manage FOF. DESIGN: A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted by PRISMA guidelines...
April 5, 2024: BMC Geriatrics
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Juniorcaius Ikejezie, Alessandro Miglietta, Ingrid Hammermeister Nezu, Sandra Adele, Melissa M Higdon, Daniel Feikin, Harsh Lata, Samuel Mesfin, Friday Idoko, Kazuki Shimizu, Ayse Acma, Samuel Moro, Homa Attar Cohen, Mary Anissa Sinnathamby, James Richard Otieno, Yosef Temre, Brian Ngongheh Ajong, Bernadette Basuta Mirembe, Tondri Noe Guinko, Vaishali Sodagar, Craig Schultz, Joao Muianga, Stéphane De Barros, Aura Rocio Escobar Corado Waeber, Yeowon Jin, Anahi Rico Chinchilla, Yurie Izawa, Shagun Khare, Marcia Poole, Nyka Alexander, Silviu Ciobanu, Tshewang Dorji, Mahmoud Hassan, Masaya Kato, Tamano Matsui, Opeayo Ogundiran, Richard G Pebody, Manilay Phengxay, Ana Riviere-Cinnamond, Blanche Johanna Greene-Cramer, Emilie Peron, Brett Nicholas Archer, Lorenzo Subissi, Zyleen Alnashir Kassamali, Adedoyin Awofisayo-Okuyelu, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Esther Hamblion, Boris Igor Pavlin, Oliver Morgan, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Abdi Mahamud
On 31 December 2019, the Municipal Health Commission of Wuhan, China, reported a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases. On 5 January 2020, the WHO publicly released a Disease Outbreak News (DON) report, providing information about the pneumonia cases, implemented response interventions, and WHO's risk assessment and advice on public health and social measures. Following 9 additional DON reports and 209 daily situation reports, on 17 August 2020, WHO published the first edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update (WEU)...
April 4, 2024: BMJ Global Health
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Kevin T Savage, Jeffrey Chen, Kathryn Schlenker, Melissa Pugliano-Mauro, Bryan T Carroll
Geriatric patients compose a growing proportion of the dermatologic surgical population. Dermatologists and dermatologic surgeons should be cognizant of the unique physiologic considerations that accompany this group to deliver highly effective care. The purpose of this article is to discuss the unique preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations geriatric patients present with to provide goal-concordant care. Preoperative considerations include medication optimization and anxiolysis. Intraoperative considerations such as fall-risk assessment and prevention, sundowning, familial support, and pharmacologic interactions will be discussed...
April 3, 2024: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rodrigo Rosa, Richard E Buckley
The topic of dog-walking injuries has recently gained notoriety through major media outlets in North America, including the Washington Post, NPR, and US News and World Report. In this review, we have compiled data from the main studies published in the past 2 decades that assess the incidence, demographics, and injury patterns related to dog leash walking. The available papers indicate that dog leash-related injuries have increased, particularly among women over 65. The most common causes of injury are dog-pulling behavior, which can result in tripping or tangling, with or without a fall, as well as upper extremity injuries...
April 5, 2024: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
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Till Flury, Joël Gerber, Helen Anwander, Martin Müller, Dominik A Jakob, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Karsten Klingberg
INTRODUCTION: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly strict restrictions were imposed on the activities of the Swiss population, with a peak from 21 March to 27 April 2020. Changes in trauma patterns during the pandemic and the lockdown have been described in various studies around the world, and highlight some particularly exposed groups of people. The objective of this study was to assess changes in trauma-related presentations to the emergency department (ED) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to the same period in the previous year, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations...
January 20, 2024: Swiss Medical Weekly
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Hanneke Leeuwestein, Elisa Kupers, Marieke Boelhouwer, Marijn van Dijk
Students with a refugee background are a vulnerable group in education. Adverse experiences and unsafe circumstances that they encounter prior, during and after their flight can place a great burden on their mental health and psychological well-being. Little is known about the psychological well-being of young refugee students in kindergarten and early years of primary school. The current study examined the psychological well-being of 4- to 8-year-old students with a refugee background residing in the Netherlands (n = 136), compared to Dutch peers without a refugee background (n = 406)...
April 5, 2024: Child Psychiatry and Human Development
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Weerasak Tapanya, Noppharath Sangkarit, Patchareeya Amput, Saisunee Konsanit
BACKGROUND: The decline in lower limb muscle strength, one of the risk factors for falling in the older adults, puts older persons at an increased risk of falling. The assessment of the lower limb muscle strength is very important. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to construct the equation for predicting knee extensor muscle strength based on demographic data and the results of the Five-Time Sit-to-Stand Test (FTSST). METHODS: A total of 121 healthy elders (mean age <mml:math xmlns:mml="https://www...
June 2024: Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal
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Renata Piotrkowska, Wioletta Anna Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Lucyna Tomaszek
INTRODUCTION: Peripheral artery and aorta diseases contribute to complex consequences in various areas, as well as increasing physical and mental discomfort resulting from the progressive limitation or loss of functional capacities, in particular in relation to walking, decreased endurance during physical exercise, a drop in effort tolerance, and pain suffered by patients. Limitations in functional capacities also increase the risk of falls. Most falls take place during the performance of simple activities...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health
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Christopher Rosenborough, Sean M Collins, Edward Smith, Thomas G Bowman
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: No studies have observed the effects of a collegiate lacrosse season on movement pattern quality, dynamic postural control, or the accuracy of athletes' perceived movement pattern quality. The purpose was to examine the effects of a nontraditional fall season on movement pattern quality, perceived movement pattern quality, and dynamic postural control in collegiate lacrosse athletes. DESIGN: Cross-sectional laboratory study. METHODS: Fifty men's (age=19...
2024: International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
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Ann Sophia Bertelsen, Tahir Masud, Charlotte Suetta, Lisbeth Rosenbek Minet, Stig Andersen, Jørgen T Lauridsen, Jesper Ryg
BACKGROUND: During hospitalisation, older patients spend most of their time passive in bed, which increases the risk of functional decline and negative adverse outcomes. Our aim is to examine the impact of robot-assisted physical training on functional status in older geriatric patients during acute hospitalisation. METHODS: This is a single-centre investigator-blinded placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial including geriatric patients aged ≥ 65 years, able to ambulate before hospitalisation, and with expected length of stay ≥ 2 days...
April 4, 2024: Trials
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