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Clinical Practice

Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D Status among Frail Older Hospitalized Patients

Seasonal variation in 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels is the result of sunlight dependent skin synthesis of vitamin D. However, its presence is not studied in frail older hospitalized patients. Pourhassan M et al (J Frailty Aging 2018;7(2):95-99)  sought to investigate… Continue Reading →

Frailty and fear of falling

The Fear of Falling (FoF) syndrome refers to the lack of self-confidence that normal activities can be performed without falling. It has been identified as a common problem affecting between 20.8 and 80 % of community-dwelling older adults. The main… Continue Reading →

Harmonizing Operationalizing and understanding Dynapenic Obesity: A global perspective

This symposium was presented at ICFSR 2017 (Barcelona, Spain, 27-29 April 2017)  

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