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Effects of a Vitamin D and Leucine-Enriched Whey Protein Nutritional Supplement on Measures of Sarcopenia in Older Adults, the PROVIDE Study: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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This study shows proof-of-principle that specific nutritional supplementation alone might benefit geriatric patients, especially relevant for those who are unable to exercise.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.The article was published on 2015-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 472 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sarcopenia & Nutritional Supplementation.

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ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition

TL;DR: An agreement of basic nutritional terminology to be used in clinical practice, research, and the ESPEN guideline developments has been established and may help to support future global consensus efforts and updates of classification systems such as the International Classification of Disease.
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Physical activity in older age: perspectives for healthy ageing and frailty.

TL;DR: The physiological rationale for physical activity, risks of adverse events, societal and psychological factors are discussed with a view to inform public health initiatives for the relatively healthy older person as well as those with physical frailty.
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Welcome to the ICD-10 code for sarcopenia.

TL;DR: The new ICD‐10‐CM (M62.84) code for sarc Openia represents a major step forward in recognizing sarcopenia as a disease and should lead to an increase in availability of diagnostic tools and the enthusiasm for pharmacological companies to develop drugs for sarc openia.
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International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sarcopenia (ICFSR): Screening, Diagnosis and Management

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TL;DR: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management of sarcopenia from the task force of the International Conference on Sarcopenia and Frailty Research (ICSFR) are presented.
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Frailty in Older Adults Evidence for a Phenotype

TL;DR: This study provides a potential standardized definition for frailty in community-dwelling older adults and offers concurrent and predictive validity for the definition, and finds that there is an intermediate stage identifying those at high risk of frailty.
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