“Frailty” is a term used to refer to a state characterized by enhanced vulnerability to, and
impaired recovery from, stressors compared with a nonfrail state, which is increasingly …

Demonstrations that grip strength has predictive power in relation to a range of health
conditions—even when these are assessed decades later—has motivated claims that hand …

Pierwsze wytyczne ESC dotyczące postępowania w omdleniach opublikowano w 2001
roku, a ich kolejne wersje w latach 2004 i 2009. W marcu 2015 roku CPG uznała, że …

Importance Epidemiological evidence suggests that physical activity benefits cognition, but
results from randomized trials are limited and mixed. Objective To determine whether a 24 …

Cognitive impairment creates significant challenges for patients, their families and friends,
and clinicians who provide their health care. Early recognition allows for diagnosis and …

Background Cognitive frailty is defined as the presence of both physical frailty and cognitive
impairment (clinical dementia rating score= 0.5), in the absence of dementia. It is …

The concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as an intermediate state between normal
cognition and dementia entered into the vernacular of geriatric medicine more than 30 years …

Objective To examine the relationship between physical frailty and risk of disability, and to
identify the component (s) of frailty with the most impact on disability in community-dwelling …

Background The benefit of physical exercise in ageing and particularly in frailty has been the
aim of recent research. Moreover, physical activity in the elderly is associated with a …

Background & aims Malnutrition and frailty are frequent and serious conditions within the
geriatric population. Both are of multifactorial origin and linked to adverse outcomes. The …