Frailty: future prospectives in rehabilitation medicine

Dionyssiotis, Yannis; Masiero, Stefano; Maccarone, Maria Chiara; Prokopidis, Konstantinos; Dzhafer, Nigyar; Matzaroglou, Charalampos; Τσεκούρα, Μαρία; Panayotov, Kiril; Papathanasiou, Jannis

doi:10.4081/ejtm.2023.11347

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“…Such exercises, conducted at moderate to low intensities for 15 to 30 minutes per session, at a minimum frequency of three times a week over 10-week or longer programs, have demonstrated positive effects. 2 , 16 ,17,27,39, 43 The home Full-Body in-Bed Gym program, involving a comprehensive regimen of 10 exercises that engage both upper and lower body muscles, and primarily consisting of rhythmic aerobic exercises, aligns perfectly with the type of exercise that promotes well-being and enhances the quality of life. Moreover, the program offers the potential for improved self-efficacy, a psychological mechanism that refers to the individual's belief in his ability to successfully accomplish a specific task or achieve a particular goal.…”

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Effects of the Full-Body in-Bed Gym program on quality of life, pain and risk of sarcopenia in elderly sedentary individuals: preliminary positive results of a Padua prospective observational study

Maccarone,

Caregnato,

Regazzo

et al. 2023

Eur J Transl Myol

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Age-related muscle loss poses a significant health concern in an aging population. This study aimed to assess the impact of a home Full-Body in-Bed Gym protocol on quality of life, pain and risk of sarcopenia in elderly subjects. A total of 22 subjects with a median age of 71.90 years were included in the study. Patients participating in the Full-Body in-Bed Gym program, with a frequency of three times a week for two months, demonstrated a significant enhancement in their quality of life, as indicated by the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) Mental Component Summary (p = 0.04), and an improvement in pain levels (p = 0.03). Although not statistically significant, there was also an improvement in sarcopenia risk. Patients were given the freedom to decide whether to continue treatment after the evaluation of outcomes. Patient compliance with the exercise protocol over six months indicated its feasibility and sustainability, even in the long term. These findings suggest that the Full-Body in-Bed Gym protocol may play a valuable role in mitigating age-related muscle loss, emphasizing the importance of further investigation into such rehabilitation and prevention strategies.

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Effects of the Full-Body in-Bed Gym program on quality of life, pain and risk of sarcopenia in elderly sedentary individuals: preliminary positive results of a Padua prospective observational study

Maccarone,

Caregnato,

Regazzo

et al. 2023

Eur J Transl Myol

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“…The survey results revealed high levels of awareness of locomotive syndrome, 6) sarcopenia, 7) frailty, 8) and disuse syndrome 9) but low levels of awareness of cachexia 10) and PICS. 11) Regarding the high levels of awareness of locomotive syndrome, sarcopenia, frailty, and disuse syndrome, our convalescence wards treat patients with many orthopedic and neurovascular diseases, and the fields of orthopedics and rehabilitation are directly linked.…”

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Survey of Awareness of Terminology Related to Functional Impairment and Muscle Health among Rehabilitation Healthcare Staff

Hori,

Yoshimura

2024

Ann Geriatr Med Res

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Older adults undergoing rehabilitation are often complicated by functional and nutritional impairments. [1][2][3] Research has highlighted the importance of nutritional rehabilitation in addressing frailty, malnutrition, and sarcopenia in this population. Combining rehabilitation and nutritional care can significantly improve physical function, activities of daily living, and overall quality of life in older adults. 4) Therefore, effectively addressing nutritional and functional impairments is key for successful rehabilitation in this population.However, although several terms are used to describe functional impairment, they are not widely recognized by healthcare providers and may not be recognized when they occur. 5) Therefore, we conducted a survey to determine the awareness of the terms used to describe functional impairments among staff working in convalescent wards.We surveyed the staff of a hospital convalescent ward. The survey used Google Forms (Google LLC, Mountain View, CA, USA), which preserved the anonymity of the respondents, and contained questions to investigate staff awareness of terms related to different areas of dysfunction, including post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), locomotive syndrome, sarcopenia, frailty, disuse syndrome, and cachexia as terms related to functional impairment. PICS is mainly discussed in the acute phase, while disuse syndrome and cachexia are often discussed after the acute phase. Locomotive syndrome, sarcopenia, and frailty are well-known terms to describe changes in health status. Although all these terms involve the acute to the chronic phases, we included them in this study because of their different central phases. The respondents were asked whether they were familiar with each term, choosing from a 5-point scale of "Well known," "Known," "Can't say either," "Don't know," or "Not at all familiar." Although the survey items collected personal information, all items were controlled by response ID and did not contain identifiable personal information.This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of

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“…The guidance of healthcare professionals (HCP) through primary and secondary preventive strategies developed towards pragmatic, personalized, participative and costeffective approaches is essential [20,[22][23][24][25][26]. Strong evidence supports the effectiveness of structured exercise interventions to improve various physical parameters and muscle function that are cornerstones of frailty and sarcopenia [27][28][29].…”

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Implementation and Core Components of a Multimodal Program including Exercise and Nutrition in Prevention and Treatment of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Narrative Review

Delaire,

Courtay,

Humblot

et al. 2023

Nutrients

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Increasing disability-free life expectancy is a crucial issue to optimize active ageing and to reduce the burden of evitable medical costs. One of the main challenges is to develop pragmatic and personalized prevention strategies in order to prevent frailty, counteract adverse outcomes such as falls and mobility disability, and to improve quality of life. Strong evidence reports the effectiveness of exercise interventions to improve various physical parameters and muscle function that are cornerstones of frailty. Other findings also suggest that the interactions between nutrition and physical exercise with or without health behavior promotion prevent the development of frailty. Multimodal programs, including structured exercise, adequate dietary intervention and health behavior promotion, appear increasingly consensual. However, in order for implementation in real-life settings, some pitfalls need to be addressed. In this perspective, structuring and tailoring feasible, acceptable and sustainable interventions to optimize exercise training responses are essential conditions to warrant short, medium and long-term individual benefits. The different components of exercise programs appear to be fairly consensual and effective. However, specific composition of the programs proposed (frequency, intensity, type, time, volume and progressiveness) have to be tailored to individual characteristics and objectives in order to improve exercise responses. The intervention approaches, behavioral strategies and indications for these programs also need to be refined and framed. The main objective of this work is to guide the actions of healthcare professionals and enable them to widely and effectively implement multimodal programs including exercise, nutrition and behavioral strategies in real-life settings.

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Frailty: future prospectives in rehabilitation medicine

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References 23 publications

Effects of the Full-Body in-Bed Gym program on quality of life, pain and risk of sarcopenia in elderly sedentary individuals: preliminary positive results of a Padua prospective observational study

Effects of the Full-Body in-Bed Gym program on quality of life, pain and risk of sarcopenia in elderly sedentary individuals: preliminary positive results of a Padua prospective observational study

Survey of Awareness of Terminology Related to Functional Impairment and Muscle Health among Rehabilitation Healthcare Staff

Implementation and Core Components of a Multimodal Program including Exercise and Nutrition in Prevention and Treatment of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Narrative Review

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