Internal Consistency and Floor/Ceiling Effects of the Gross Motor Function Measure for Use with Children Affected by Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Children/adolescents with cancer can develop adverse effects impacting gross motor function. There is a lack of gross motor function assessment tools that have been validated for this population. The aim of this multicenter cross-sectional study was to preliminary validate the 88-item Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-88) for use in children/adolescents with cancer, exploring internal consistency and floor/ceiling effect.

The Italian Consensus Conference on the role of rehabilitation for children and adolescents with leukemia, central nervous system tumors, and bone cancer, part 2: general principles for the rehabilitation treatment of motor function impairments.

In Italy, 1400 children and 800 adolescents are diagnosed with cancer every year. About 80% of them can be cured but are at high risk of experiencing severe side effects, many of which respond to rehabilitation treatment. Due to the paucity of literature on this topic, the Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology organized a Consensus Conference on the role of rehabilitation of motor impairments in children/adolescents affected by leukemia, central nervous system tumors, and bone cancer to state recommendations to improve clinical practice.

Dietary Inflammatory Index and Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Detected Knee Structural Change and Pain: A 10.7-Year Follow-up Study.

Objective: To determine whether the dietary inflammatory index (DII) scores were associated with knee structural changes and pain over a 10.7-year follow-up.

Methods: This study used data from a prospective population-based cohort study (mean age 63 years, 51% female) in which 1,099, 875, 768, and 566 participants completed assessments at baseline, 2.

Associations of body mass index, body fat percentage and sarcopenia components with bone health estimated by second-generation high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in older adults with obesity.

Purpose: To investigate associations between body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, and components of sarcopenia (muscle mass and muscle strength/power), with bone microarchitecture measured by high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in older adults with obesity.

Methods: Seventy-four adults aged ≥ 55 years with body fat percentage ≥ 30 % (men) or ≥40 % (women) were included. Fat mass, lean mass and total hip, femoral neck, and lumbar spine areal bone mineral density (aBMD) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Vitamin D supplementation and exercise for improving physical function, body composition and metabolic health in overweight or obese older adults with vitamin D deficiency: a pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Purpose: Vitamin D supplementation may have non-skeletal health benefits and enhance exercise responsiveness, particularly in those with low vitamin D levels. We determined whether, compared with placebo, vitamin D supplementation taken prior to and during a 12-week exercise program improves physical function, body composition or metabolic health, in overweight and obese older adults with vitamin D deficiency.

Methods: Fifty overweight or obese older adults (mean ± SD age: 60 ± 6 years; BMI 30.