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September 9, 2023
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JAMDA
February 18, 2022
Impact of Sarcopenia and Obesity on Gait Speed After Total Knee Replacement
Older adults with sarcopenic obesity have a higher risk of experiencing mobility difficulty. Additionally, sarcopenia and obesity are closely associated with knee osteoarthritis. This study investigated the associations of sarcopenia, obesity, and in combination of both with walking disability during posto...
JAMDA
November 25, 2019
The Multidimensional Prognostic Index Predicts Falls in Older People: An 8-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study of the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Falls are associated with several negative outcomes. Early identification of those who are at risk of falling is of importance in geriatrics, and comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) seems to be promising in this regard. Therefore, the present study investigated whether the multidimensional prognostic ...
JAMDA
August 20, 2019
Higher Serum Levels of Resistin Are Associated With Knee Synovitis and Structural Abnormalities in Patients With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Resistin acts as an endogenous ligand of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 that triggers major inflammatory pathways and mediates inflammatory processes. The role of resistin in osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis is unclear. The aim of this study is to describe the longitudinal associations of serum levels of resis...
JAMDA
May 8, 2019
Dietary Protein Intake and Falls in Older People: Longitudinal Analyses From the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Literature regarding dietary protein intake and risk of falls is limited to a few studies with relatively small sample sizes and short follow-ups, which have reported contrasting findings. Thus, we investigated whether dietary protein intake is associated with risk of falls in a large cohort of North Ameri...
JAMDA
February 26, 2019
Four Potentially Practice-Changing Articles From 2018
Four key articles published in 2018 have been selected to represent clinical situations where recent evidence may prompt changes in practice relevant to the nursing home population. There is no evidence of benefit for levothyroxine replacement in mild subclinical hypothyroidism. Duloxetine may be considere...
JAMDA
November 3, 2018
