Pre-operative gluteus medius tendon degeneration and its impact on strength and functional ability one year after total hip replacement.

Objective: Hip osteoarthritis is a common cause of disability and surgery is often unavoidable. Patient satisfaction is high and functional ability improves after surgery. However, residual impairment and pain are common.

Cross-cultural adaption and inter-rater reliability of the Swedish version of the updated clinical frailty scale 2.0.

Background: Worldwide, there is a large and growing group of older adults. Frailty is known as an important discriminatory factor for poor outcomes. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) has become a frequently used frailty instrument in different clinical settings and health care sectors, and it has shown good predictive validity.

A balance between meaningfulness and risk of harm - frail elderly patients' perceptions of physical activity and exercise - an interview study.

Background: There is growing evidence of the benefits of physical activity and exercise for frail elderly patients with comorbidity. In order to improve participation in physical activity and exercise interventions, there is a need to increase our understanding of the patient's perspective.

Aim: The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions of physical activity and exercise among frail elderly patients with a severe comorbidity burden.

Preserved physical fitness is associated with lower 1-year mortality in frail elderly patients with a severe comorbidity burden.

Introduction: Physical deterioration in connection with a care episode is common. The aim of this study was, in frail elderly patients with a severe comorbidity burden, to analyze 1) the association between physical fitness measurements and 1-year mortality and 2) the association between preserved physical fitness during the first three months after discharge from emergency hospital care and 1-year prognosis.

Methods: Frail elderly patients (≥75 years) in need of inpatient emergency medical care were included.

Effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment on physical fitness in an acute medical setting for frail elderly patients.

Introduction: Frail elderly people often use emergency care. During hospitalization, physical decline is common, implying an increased risk of adverse health outcomes. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) has been shown to be beneficial for these patients in hospital care.

Physical Performance Impairments and Limitations Among Hospitalized Frail Older Adults.

Background And Purpose: Early rehabilitation is important for frail older adults due to reduced reserve capacity and physical fitness. To facilitate individualized rehabilitation programs, we need tools to make it possible to assess physical fitness in relation to frailty, instead of chronological age. The purpose of this study was, in a Swedish context, to describe measures of physical fitness in hospitalized frail older adults in relation to their degree of frailty.

Fear-avoidance beliefs and cardiac rehabilitation in patients with first-time myocardial infarction.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine fear-avoidance beliefs in patients after first-time myocardial infarction and to determine how such beliefs change over time. A further aim was to analyse fear-avoidance beliefs and physical activity levels in patients attending exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation led by a registered physiotherapist, compared with a control group.

Design: Prospective cohort study.