Risk of sarcopenia and mobility of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: the longitudinal data from the REMOBILIZE study.

Background: We assessed whether clinical, functional and behavioral factors were associated with the decrease in mobility trajectories reported in older people at risk of sarcopenia (RS) and without risk of sarcopenia (NRS) during COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: We prospectively analyzed mobility trajectories reported in older adults with RS and NRS over 16-month follow-up (Remobilize study). The self-perceived risk of sarcopenia and mobility were assessed using the SARC-F and the Life-Space Assessment (LSA) tools, respectively.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Time of Utilitarian Walking and Walking as Exercise Among Brazilian Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The REMOBILIZE Study.

This study aimed to investigate behavioral changes related to utilitarian walking and walking as exercise among Brazilian older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Baseline data from the longitudinal REMOBILIZE study were used. The survey was online and comprised 1,482 adults aged 60 years and older.

Urinary symptoms in older people with low back pain: Prevalence, clinical, and functional factors associated.

Aims: To identify the prevalence, clinical and functional factors associated with urinary symptoms (US) in community-dwelling older adults with acute low back pain (LBP).

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of data's baseline of Back Complaints in the Elders Consortium. All elders had LPB heightened.

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Life-Space Mobility of Older Adults Living in Brazil: REMOBILIZE Study.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Brazil in a scenario of substantial socioeconomic and health inequalities. It is unknown the immediate impact of social restriction recommendations (i.e.

Inflammatory markers associated with fall recurrence and severity: The Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging.

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the association between inflammatory markers and recurrent and severe falls in 1304 community-dwelling older adults from the Bambuí Cohort Study of Aging.

Methods: Information about falls in the previous 12 months was collected, and classified based on recurrence (two or more falls) and severity (requirement of medical attention). The screened biomarkers included interleukins (IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-12, TNF), chemokines (CXCL8, CXCL9, CXCL10, CCL2, and CCL5), and high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-PCR).

Factors associated with the prevalence of sarcopenia and frailty syndrome in elderly university workers.

Background: Frailty and sarcopenia are highly prevalent, as a part of geriatric syndrome, among elderly individuals. However, little is known about how these syndromes can affect elderly individuals who continue to work.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of sarcopenia and frailty, and their individual and occupational factors among elderly individuals.

Virtual reality therapy for rehabilitation of balance in the elderly: a systematic review and META-analysis.

Virtual reality therapy (VRT) has clinical indications in rehabilitation programs for the elderly; however, there is still no consensus on the recovery of body balance. The objective of this review was to summarize the effects of physical therapy interventions with VRT in the rehabilitation of balance in the elderly. The studies were identified via a systematic search in the databases PubMed, SciELO, LILACS and PEDro from 2010 onward.