ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2020
Malnutrition is associated with dynamic physical performance.
Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06823739 (Personalized Diet with or Without Physical Exercise Improves Nutritional Status, Muscle Strength, Physical Performance and Quality of Life in Malnourished Older Adult Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 36 papers.
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Personalized Diet with or Without Physical Exercise Improves Nutritional Status, Muscle Strength, Physical Performance and Quality of Life in Malnourished Older Adult Patients: a Prospec-tive Randomized Controlled Study
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Associations between malnutrition and physical performance, sarcopenia, and frailty in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Malnutrition in Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 65 and over in Eastern Türkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting cognitive frailty in patients on cancer.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The longitudinal mediating effect of life-space mobility on the relationship between nutritional status and cognitive function in community-dwelling older stroke patients.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Identifying Malnutrition Risk in the Elderly: A Single- and Multi-Parameter Approach.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Physical Performance, Body Composition, and Oral Health in Community-Residing Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dietary Sodium Restriction and Frailty among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- Nutritional Risk, Depression, and Physical Function in Older People Living Alone.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Associations between Vitality/Nutrition and the Other Domains of Intrinsic Capacity Based on Data from the INSPIRE ICOPE-Care Program.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The Association between Malnutrition and Physical Performance in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Review
- Nutritional Influences on Locomotive Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Nutrition and sarcopenia: Current knowledge domain and emerging trends.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundMalnutrition and poor physical performance are both conditions that increase in prevalence with age; however, their interrelation in a clinically relevant population has not been thoroughly studied.
aimsThis study aimed to determine the strength of the association between malnutrition and measures of both static and dynamic physical performance in a cohort of geriatric outpatients.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 286 older adults (mean age 81.8, SD 7.2 years, and 40.6% male) who were referred to geriatric outpatient mobility clinics. The presence of malnutrition was determined using the Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire (SNAQ, cut-off ≥ 2 points). Measures of dynamic physical performance included timed up and go (TUG), 4-m walk test, and chair stand test (CST). Static performance encompassed balance tests and hand grip strength (HGS). Physical performance was standardized into sex-specific Z-scores. The association between malnutrition and each individual measure of physical performance was assessed using linear regression analysis.
results19.9% of the cohort was identified as malnourished. Malnutrition was most strongly associated with CST and gait speed; less strong but significant associations were found between malnutrition and TUG. There was no significant association between malnutrition and HGS or balance. DISCUSSION: Physical performance was associated with malnutrition, specifically, dynamic rather than static measures. This may reflect muscle power being more impacted by nutritional status than muscle strength; however, this needs to be further addressed.
conclusionsMalnutrition is associated with dynamic physical performance in geriatric outpatients, which should inform diagnosis and treatment/prevention strategies.
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