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Prevalence of and interventions for sarcopenia in ageing adults: a systematic review. Report of the International Sarcopenia Initiative (EWGSOP and IWGS) by Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J, Landi, Francesco, Schneider, Stéphane M, Zúñiga, Clemente, Arai, Hidenori, Boirie, Yves, Chen, Liang-Kung, Fielding, Roger A, Martin, Finbarr C, Michel, Jean-Pierre, Sieber, Cornel, Stout, Jeffrey R, Studenski, Stephanie A, Vellas, Bruno, Woo, Jean, Zamboni, Mauro, Cederholm, Tommy

“…to examine the clinical evidence reporting the prevalence of sarcopenia and the effect of nutrition and exercise interventions from studies using the consensus…”
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Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review by Oliver, David, Daly, Fergus, Martin, Finbarr C., McMurdo, Marion E. T.

“…Objective: to identify all published papers on risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital inpatients. To identify clinical risk assessment…”
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Guideline for the Prevention of Falls in Older Persons by Society, American Geriatrics, Society, Geriatrics, Of, American Academy, On Falls Prevention, Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel

“…Falls are among the most common and serious problems facing elderly persons today. Falls generally result from an interaction of multiple and diverse risk…”
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Involvement of Brain Opiate Receptors in the Immune-Suppressive Effect of Morphine by Shavit, Yehuda, Depaulis, Antoine, Martin, Fredricka C., Terman, Gregory W., Pechnick, Robert N., Zane, Cynthia J., Gale, Robert Peter, Liebeskind, John C.

“…We previously reported that a single systemic injection of a high dose of morphine (≥ 20 mg/kg) transiently suppresses splenic natural killer cell cytotoxicity…”
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The Effects of Growth Hormone and/or Testosterone in Healthy Elderly Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Giannoulis, Manthos G., Sonksen, Peter H., Umpleby, Margot, Breen, Louise, Pentecost, Claire, Whyte, Martin, McMillan, Carolyn V., Bradley, Clare, Martin, Finbarr C.

“…Context: Declines in GH and testosterone (Te) secretion may contribute to the detrimental aging changes of elderly men. Objective: To assess the effects of…”
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Start low, go slow, but look far: the case of geriatric medicine in Balkan countries by Kotsani, Marina, Ellul, John, Bahat, Gülistan, Bogdanovic, Nenad, Burazeri, Genc, Erceg, Predrag, Petreska-Zovic, Biljana, Prada, Gabriel Ioan, Smyrnakis, Emmanouil, Veninšek, Gregor, Zamboulis, Chrysanthos, Martin, Finbarr C., Petrovic, Mirko, Benetos, Athanase

“…Key summary points Aim To briefly present the current situation regarding Geriatric Medicine in Balkan countries and discuss possible perspectives of…”
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Harmaline-induced tremor as a potential preclinical screening method for essential tremor medications by Martin, Fredricka C., Thu Le, Anh, Handforth, Adrian

“…No preclinical method to evaluate potential new medications for essential tremor (ET) is available currently. Although harmaline tremor is a well known animal…”
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Development and evaluation of evidence based risk assessment tool (STRATIFY) to predict which elderly inpatients will fall: case-control and cohort studies by Oliver, D, Britton, M, Seed, P, Martin, F C, Hopper, A H

“…Abstract Objectives: To identify clinical characteristics of elderly inpatients that predict their chance of falling (phase 1) and to use these characteristics…”
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The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative: Study description and sample characteristics of the Australian and New Zealand arm by Kirk, Katherine M, Martin, Felicity C, Mao, Amy, Parker, Richard, Maguire, Sarah, Thornton, Laura M, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Freeman, Jeremy L, Hay, Phillipa, Madden, Sloane, Morgan, Christine, Russell, Janice, Sawyer, Susan M, Hughes, Elizabeth K, Fairweather-Schmidt, A Kate, Fursland, Anthea, McCormack, Julie, Wagg, Fiona, Jordan, Jennifer, Kennedy, Martin A, Ward, Warren, Wade, Tracey D, Bulik, Cynthia M, Martin, Nicholas G

“…Objectives: Anorexia nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder with high mortality rates. While its aetiology is poorly understood, there is evidence of a…”
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Fear of falling limiting activity in young-old women is associated with reduced functional mobility rather than psychological factors by Martin, Finbarr C., Hart, Deborah, Spector, Tim, Doyle, David V., Harari, Danielle

“…Background: many older people experience fear of falling. This is sometimes associated with activity limitation, with potential adverse health implications…”
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Pilot efficacy and tolerability: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of levetiracetam for essential tremor by Handforth, Adrian, Martin, Fredricka C.

“…The purpose of this pilot single‐site study was to assess efficacy and safety of levetiracetam for essential tremor, using a placebo‐controlled, double‐blind,…”
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Capacity, consent, and selection bias in a study of delirium by Adamis, D, Martin, F C, Treloar, A, Macdonald, A J D

“…Objectives: To investigate whether different methods of obtaining informed consent affected recruitment to a study of delirium in older, medically ill hospital…”
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Effects of dietary improvement on bone metabolism in elderly underweight women with osteoporosis: a randomised controlled trial by HAMPSON, Geeta, MARTIN, Finbarr C, MOFFAT, Kate, VAJA, Sashie, SANKARALINGAM, Suki, CHEUNG, Joseph, BLAKE, Glen M, FOGELMAN, Ignac

“…Malnutrition in elderly people contributes to osteoporosis and fracture. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of nutritional improvement on bone…”
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Effects of weight loss after biliopancreatic diversion on metabolism and cardiovascular profile by Palomar, Rosa, Fernández-Fresnedo, Gema, Domínguez-Diez, Agustín, López-Deogracias, Maite, Olmedo, Francisco, Martín de Francisco, Angel L, Sanz de Castro, Saturnino, Casado Martín, Fernando, Gómez-Fleitas, Manuel, Arias, Manuel, Fernández-Escalante, Carlos

“…Obesity is associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for morbid obesity has been reported to produce…”
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Classifying older patients in hospital by Gray, Len, Martin, Finbarr C.

“…Acute medical services that serve older people vary widely in their context and operation. Comparisons of the effectiveness of service models or individual…”
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Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits harmaline-induced tremor by Krahl, Scott E, Martin, Fredricka C, Handforth, Adrian

“…Excessive olivo-cerebellar burst-firing occurs during harmaline-induced tremor. This system receives rich sensory inputs, including visceral. We hypothesized…”
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Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis: Report of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People by Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J, Baeyens, Jean Pierre, Bauer, Jürgen M, Boirie, Yves, Cederholm, Tommy, Landi, Francesco, Martin, Finbarr C, Michel, Jean-Pierre, Rolland, Yves, Schneider, Stéphane M, Topinková, Eva, Vandewoude, Maurits, Zamboni, Mauro

“…The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) developed a practical clinical definition and consensus diagnostic criteria for age-related…”
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Concurrent validity of two instruments (the Confusion Assessment Method and the Delirium Rating Scale) in the detection of delirium among older medical inpatients by Adamis, D., Treloar, A., MacDonald, A. J. D., Martin, F. C.

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Mapping a new suggestive gene locus for autosomal dominant nephrolithiasis to chromosome 9q33.2–q34.2 by total genome search for linkage by Wolf, Matthias T. F., Zalewski, Isabella, Martin, Félix Claverie, Ruf, Rainer, Müller, Dominik, Hennies, Hans C., Schwarz, Stella, Panther, Franziska, Attanasio, Massimo, Acosta, Hilaria G., Imm, Anita, Lucke, Barbara, Utsch, Boris, Otto, Edgar, Nurnberg, Peter, Nieto, Victor Garcia, Hildebrandt, Friedhelm

“…Background. Nephrolithiasis is a complex, multifactorial disease resulting from genetic and environmental interaction. The pathogenesis of nephrolithiasis is…”
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Recombinant human growth hormone treatment in elderly patients undergoing elective total hip replacement by Weissberger, Andrew J., Anastasiadis, Anastasios D., Sturgess, Ian, Martin, Finbarr C., Smith, Michael A., Sönksen, Peter H.

“…Summary objective Measures to prevent postoperative catabolism may be of greatest benefit in the elderly because of their reduced lean tissue reserve. We…”
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