Falls are linked to gait and balance inconsistencies influenced by a combination of variables including muscle strength and power. Multicomponent athlete training models that incorporate high-intensity challenging activities have been shown to significantly improve strength, power, and balance. This study evaluated the efficacy of a short-term multi-component dynamic training program on strength, power, and balance in older women. Seventeen women participated in 8-weeks of specialized exercise training. Significant changes were observed in all performance variables from baseline. Results suggest short-term, high intensity multi-component programming can be used safely and effectively to improve major variables that influence falls in older women.
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JAMA Netw Open
January 2025
Department of Family Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Importance: There is limited evidence regarding the association between age at menopause and incident type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Objective: To investigate whether age at menopause and premature menopause are associated with T2D incidence in postmenopausal Korean women.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This population-based cohort study was conducted among a nationally representative sample from the Korean National Health Insurance Service database of 1 125 378 postmenopausal women without T2D who enrolled in 2009.
Crit Care Explor
January 2025
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Caboolture Hospital, Caboolture, QLD, Australia.
Objective: Composite primary outcomes (CPO) (incorporating both mortality and non-mortality outcomes) offer several advantages over mortality as an outcome for critical care research. Our objective was to explore and map the literature to report on CPO evaluated in critical care research.
Data Sources: PubMed, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus, and Cochrane Library from January 2000 to January 2024.
J Nurs Res
January 2025
Department of Medical Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
Background: Population aging has led to a surge in elderly care needs worldwide. Bone aging, skeletal muscle degeneration, and osteoporosis pose critical health challenges for the elderly. The process of bone and skeletal muscle aging not only impacts the functional abilities but also increases fragility fracture risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUrogynecology (Phila)
January 2025
Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Importance: Modern data regarding the relationship between vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI) are minimal with mixed results.
Objective: The aim of the study was to determine if VBAC is associated with an increased risk of OASIs.
Study Design: This was a retrospective cohort study of liveborn deliveries from 2018 to 2022 within a large, multihospital academic health system.
Front Public Health
January 2025
Department of Health Management, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
The Aim Of This Study: to analyze lifestyle changes among older adults during and after COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania, with a particular focus on eating habits, physical activity, social engagement and harmful habits.
Methods: The representative sample of Lithuanian population over 65 years old (1,503 individuals) was involved in the questionnaire survey, performed in January 2024.
Results: Most of the eating habits and the body weight of the older adults did not change during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania.
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