March 2017 Summary With more people living longer there will be larger numbers of people experiencing declines in physical and mental capacity who may also need care for day-to-day activities. These needs are not well met within existing models of health care. There...
Dr. Stephen Kritchevsky Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 29 min Introducing the 11th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia, 2016. Stephen B. Kritchevsky presenting: What about Fat? Sarcopenia...
Press release from the ICFSR 2017 held in Barcelona, Spain. Press release
Press Release from the ICFSR 2017 held in Barcelona, Spain. Press release
Campitelli MA, Bronskill SE, Hogan DB, et al. BMC Geriatr 2016;16:133 Publication date: July 7, 2016 Jul 7 BMC Geriatr 2016;16:133. Campitelli MA, Bronskill SE, Hogan DB, et al. Summary Evaluating different approaches to identifying frail home care clients at risk for...
How to prevent disability during hospitalization? Source : Iatrogenic_disability_poster
Dr. Gabor Abellan Van Kan Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 15 min Introducing the 10th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia, 2016. Gabor Abellan Van Kan presenting: Prevalence of Sarcopenia...
Dr. Todd Manini Event: ICFSR 2016, Philadelphia, USA 28 April, 2016 Length: 5 min Introducing the 9th video presentation from the ICFSR (International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research) held in Philadelphia, 2016. Todd Manini from the Institute on Aging...
Dr. Bret Goodpaster Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 23 min Introducing the 4th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia 2016. Bret Goodpaster presenting Keynote 3: “Skeletal Muscle Fat...
Prof. Bruno Vellas Event: ICFSR 2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 10 min Introducing the 7th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research in Philadelphia, 2016. Video and slides of Bruno Vellas presenting “Elderly frailty...
Dr. Matteo Cesari Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 16 min Introducing the 12th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia, 2016. Matteo Cesari presents: Frailty Index in nursing home –...
Prof. Yves Rolland Event: ICFSR 2016, Philadelphia, USA 28 April, 2016 Length: 16 min Introducing the 13th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia, 2016. Yves Rolland presents: “Impact of...
Dr. Emanuele Marzetti Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 12 min Introducing the 6th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research in Philadelphia, 2016. Emanuele Marzetti presents: “SPRINTT clinical trial...
Dr. Riccardo Calvani Event: ICFSR 2016, Philadelphia, USA April 28, 2016 Length: 12 min Introducing the 5th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research in Philadelphia 2016. Riccardo Calvani presents: “Role of...
Prof. Roger Fielding Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 12 min Introducing the 3rd video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia 2016. Roger Fielding presenting, Lessons learned from Sarcopenia drug...
Prof. Cyrus Cooper Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 32 min Introducing the 2nd video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia 2016. Cyrus Cooper presenting, Epidemiology of Sarcopenia: Determinants...
Pr. John Morley Event: ICFSR2016, Philadelphia, USA Length: 16 min Introducing the 8th video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia, 2016. John Morley presenting : “The Rapid Geriatric Assessment”....
Prof. Bruno Vellas Event: ICFSR 2016, Philadelphia, USA April 28, 2016 Length: 12 min Introducing the first video presentation from the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research In Philadelphia 2016. Bruno Vellas presents “MAPT Trial: Mobility...
Berlin, Germany December 10-11, 2016 For details, see Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Muscle Wasting website (SCWD) www.society-scwd.org >
Barcelona, Spain April 27-28, 2017 View the ICSFR 2017 program on the International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research website. www.frailty-sarcopenia.com >
Dr. Dan Wilson May, 2016 Length: 1 min Doctor Dan Wilson, King’s College Hospital, London shares his clinical experience about Frailty in the Heart Failure Unit....
CTAD (Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease) has made this short prevention movie to inform the general population about preventive measures and promote participation in clinical studies. Video
Feng L, Nyunt MS, Gao Q, et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2016; Mar 24 [Epub ahead of print] Publication date: March 24, 2016 Summary The independent and combined effects of physical and cognitive domains of frailty in predicting the development of mild cognitive...
Murray A, McNeil C, Salarirad S, et al. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2016;63:49-54 Publication date: March 1, 2016 Summary Brain hyperintensities, detectable with MRI, increase with age. They are associated with a triad of impairment in cognitive ability, depression and...
Montero-Odasso MM, Barnes B, Speechley M, et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2016; Mar 16 [Epub ahead of print] Publication date: March 16, 2016 Summary Cognitive frailty, defined as the presence of both frailty and cognitive impairment, is proposed as a distinctive...
Prof. John Morley December 10, 2015 Length: 4 min Prof. Morley explains how to define and manage frailty efficiently. The interview was filmed during the 8th International Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting held in Paris. The 8th SCWD Conference...
Luger E, Dorner TE, Haider S, Kapan A, Lackinger C, Schindler K J Am Med Dir Assoc 2016;17;671.e9-671.e16 Publication date: July 1, 2016 Summary In this study, Luger et al. examined the effects of a home-based and volunteer-administered physical training and...
Objectives: To detect good practices and new experiences of work with older people, that have proven to be successful in participant countries To develop tele-based training programmes (TV-Channel, apps, Internet-based) To promote transnational fora with Experts and...
Jackson M, Jeffery IB, Beaumont M, et al. Genome Med 2016;8:8. Publication date: January 29, 2016 Summary Frailty is arguably the biggest problem associated with population ageing. Jackson et al. aimed to characterize frailty associations with the gut microbiota in a...
Hofstede JM, Raijmakers NJ, van der Hoek LS, Francke AL Palliat Med 2016; Jan 26 Publication date: January 26, 2016 Summary Palliative care is rooted in the care for incurably ill cancer patients. Yet today there is a recognized need for palliative care for patients...
Sirven N, Rapp T Eur J Health Econ 2016; Feb 25 Publication date: February 25, 2016 Summary The objective of the present work was to explore the incremental costs of frailty associated with ambulatory health care expenditures (HCE) among the French population of...
Del Brutto OH, Mera RM, Cagino K, et al. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; Jan 21 [Epub ahead of print] Publication date: January 21, 2016 Summary Frailty is a geriatric state of physical vulnerability that might be associated with cognitive decline in the absence of a...
Dulac MC, Aubertin-Leheudre M J Frailty Aging 2016;5:3-5 Publication date: March 1, 2016 Summary In order to prevent physical and cognitive frailty adverse effects, frail older adults can practice multimodal physical activity programs (resistance/power, aerobic and...
Woodhouse L, Gandhi R, Warden SJ, et al. J Frailty Aging 2016;5:62-70 Publication date: March 1, 2016 Summary Total hip arthroplasty relieves joint pain in patients with end-stage osteoarthritis. However, postoperative muscle atrophy often results in suboptimal lower...
AIM Coalition – Sarcopenia and ICD-10 Announcement – April 28, 2016 AIM press release Announcement and details, on the AIM (Aging In Motion) website
Mossello E, Profili F, Di Bari M, et al. Age Ageing 2016; Mar 23 [Epub ahead of print] Publication date: March 23, 2016 (Most recent version: June 22, 2016) Summary Identification of older individuals at risk for health-related adverse outcomes (HRAO) is necessary for...
