Publications by authors named "R Chiaramonte"
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- Age-related loss of muscle strength and mass, known as sarcopenia, can negatively impact postoperative recovery in older patients, especially those with severe osteoarthritis who need knee surgery.
- This study reviews existing literature on the effectiveness of prehabilitation and dietary supplementation in improving outcomes for older sarcopenic patients before knee arthroplasty, focusing on interventions that enhance physical function and surgical resilience.
- Combining exercise training with nutrient supplementation may lead to better functional capacity and reduced surgical complications, highlighting the importance of addressing both sarcopenia and osteoarthritis in this demographic.
Cutaneous melanoma still represents a significant health burden worldwide, being responsible for the majority of skin cancer deaths. Key advances in therapeutic strategies have significantly improved patient outcomes; however, most patients experience drug resistance and tumor relapse. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a small subpopulation of cells in different tumors, including melanoma, endowed with distinctive capacities of self-renewal and differentiation into bulk tumor cells.
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- This study reviews the effectiveness of proprioceptive training combined with dual-task exercises on improving gait in individuals with chronic stroke.
- A systematic search identified 11 relevant articles out of 3075 studies, primarily involving randomized clinical trials, with a total of 393 patients analyzed.
- The findings indicate that such training significantly enhances various gait parameters, especially when conducted three times a week over four weeks, improving walking speed and overall mobility in stroke survivors.*
Background And Purpose: Assessing appendicular skeletal muscle (ASM) mass is crucial for the diagnosis of numerous pathologies related to the decline of muscle mass in old age, such as sarcopenia, malnutrition, or cachexia. The dual-energy X-ray absorptiometer (DEXA) radiological technique, which is the gold standard for its assessment, is particularly costly and not routinely used in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to derive computationally simple equations capable of estimating the DEXA-measured ASM at zero cost in older adult populations.
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