Cosimo Roberto Russo

TL;DR: Optimal cutoff values that can be used in the clinical practice to identify older persons with poor mobility were developed and lay the basis for a cost-effective, clinical marker of sarcopenia based on a measure of isometric handgrip strength.

TL;DR: Reflex muscular contractions induced by vibration training improve muscle power in postmenopausal women and no significant changes were observed in bone characteristics.

TL;DR: Hemoglobin levels are associated with the parameters of body composition obtained by pQCT, and that decreases in muscular strength measures occur in the presence of anemia, the present study shows.

TL;DR: Bone loss reduces cortical thickness and increases intracortical porosity, which is compensated for by periosteal apposition in both sexes but more greatly in men than in women, perhaps because this mechanism may be ineffective when cortical thinning is severe.

TL;DR: Although current attempts to identify frail, older individuals for clinical purposes are based on measures of mobility and motor performance, candidate biological markers that may characterize the frailty syndrome start to emerge in the literature.