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Enhancement of Anticipatory Postural Adjustments by Virtual Reality in Older Adults with Cognitive and Motor Deficits: A Randomised Trial.
2021
Background: Postural activities involved in balance control integrate the anticipatory postural adjustments (APA) that stabilize balance and posture, facilitating arm movements and walking initiation and allowing an optimal coordination between posture and movement. Several studies reported the significant benefits of virtual reality (VR) exercises in frail older adults to decrease the anxiety of falling and to induce improvements in behavioural and cognitive abilities in rehabilitation processes. The aim of this study was thus to test the efficiency of a VR system on the enhancement of the APA period, compared to the use of a Nintendo Wii system. Methods: Frail older adults (n = 37) were i…
sj-pdf-2-imr-10.1177_0300060520982657 - Supplemental material for Evaluation of main functional dyspepsia symptoms after probiotic administration in …
2021
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-imr-10.1177_0300060520982657 for Evaluation of main functional dyspepsia symptoms after probiotic administration in patients receiving conventional pharmacological therapies by Lorenzo Drago, Gabriele Meroni, Dario Pistone, Luigi Pasquale, Giuseppe Milazzo, Fabio Monica, Salvatore Aragona, Leonardo Ficano, Roberto Vassallo and Gastrobiota Group in Journal of International Medical Research
sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_0300060520982657 - Supplemental material for Evaluation of main functional dyspepsia symptoms after probiotic administration in …
2021
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_0300060520982657 for Evaluation of main functional dyspepsia symptoms after probiotic administration in patients receiving conventional pharmacological therapies by Lorenzo Drago, Gabriele Meroni, Dario Pistone, Luigi Pasquale, Giuseppe Milazzo, Fabio Monica, Salvatore Aragona, Leonardo Ficano, Roberto Vassallo and Gastrobiota Group in Journal of International Medical Research
sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_03000605211073305 - Supplemental material for Guanidinoacetate���creatine in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a case re…
2022
Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-imr-10.1177_03000605211073305 for Guanidinoacetate���creatine in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a case report by Sergej M. Ostojic, Jelena Ostojic, Dragana Zanini, Tatjana Jezdimirovic and Valdemar Stajer in Journal of International Medical Research
Diabète de type 2 chez le sujet âgé : quelles spécificités ?
2012
Type 2 diabetes, whose prevalence has increased among elderly aged over 75 years, has a number of specific features which differ from that in young people: heterogeneous population, association with other cardiovascular risk factors and several comorbidities, different therapeutic constraints and risks, and lower life expectancy. By using a standardized geriatric assessment it is possible to determine therapeutic and glycemic goals for each patient. In the elderly, main complications of diabetes are hypoglycemia and foot lesions. In order to avoid malnutrition, lifestyle and dietary rules should not be too strict. Recommendations for the prescription of oral antidiabetic agents are the same…
MULTI-COMPONENT REHABILITATION AFTER COVID-19 FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS
2021
Body Composition in Late Midlife as a Predictor of Accelerated Age-associated Deficit-accumulation From Late Midlife into Old Age: A Longitudinal Bir…
2022
Abstract Background Body mass index (BMI) may not be an optimal predictor of frailty as its constituents, lean and fat mass, may have opposite associations with frailty. Methods A linear mixed model analysis was performed in the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (n = 2 000) spanning from 57 to 84 years. A 39-item frailty index (FI) was calculated on three occasions over 17 years. Body composition in late midlife included BMI, percent body fat (%BF), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), lean mass index (LMI), and fat mass index (FMI). Results Mean FI levels increased by 0.28%/year among men and by 0.34%/year among women. Among women, per each kg/m2 higher BMI and each unit higher %BF the increases in FI leve…
Statins and the squalene synthase inhibitor zaragozic acid stimulate the non-amyloidogenic pathway of amyloid-beta protein precursor processing by su…
2010
Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins influence the proteolytic processing of the amyloid-beta protein precursor (AbetaPP) and are reported to stimulate the activity of alpha-secretase, the major preventive secretase of Alzheimer's disease. Statins can increase the alpha-secretase activity by their cholesterol-lowering properties as well as by impairment of isoprenoids synthesis. In the present study, we elucidate the contribution of these pathways in alpha-secretase activation. We demonstrate that zaragozic acid, a potent inhibitor of squalene synthase which blocks cholesterol synthesis but allows synthesis of isoprenoids, also stimulates alpha-secretase activity. Treatment of human n…
Effect of a dominant-negative form of ADAM10 in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
2009
The alpha-secretase cleaves in the non-amyloidogenic pathway the amyloid-beta protein precursor (AbetaPP) within the region of the amyloid-beta peptides to prevent their formation and aggregation in the brain. Members of the ADAM family (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) are the main candidates for physiologically relevant alpha-secretases. We recently demonstrated that overexpression of ADAM10 in mice transgenic for human AbetaPP (ADAM10 x APP[V717I]) alleviated functional deficits related to Alzheimer's disease. To further demonstrate that this is due to the specific activity of alpha-secretase, we characterized mice overexpressing an inactive form of ADAM10 (ADAM10[E384A]; ADAM10-dn). T…