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ArticleAge and ageing2024

Geriatric medicine and Olympic elite sports-parallels and philosophies.

Claire McDonald, Avan A Sayer, Miles D Witham

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Article in Age and ageing, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Claire McDonaldAGE Research Group, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Avan A SayerAGE Research Group, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Miles D WithamAGE Research Group, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Funding

ART (Ageing Research Translation) of Healthy Ageing NetworkNational Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Newcastle Biomedical Research CentreNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustTyne and Wear NHS Foundation TrustUK Research and Innovation BB/W018209/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The 30th Olympiad took place in July 2024. At first glance, sports science and training of elite athletes may appear to be of little relevance to geriatric medicine. However, there are important parallels between the practice of geriatric medicine and elite sports and lessons that we can learn from our sports science colleagues. Elite athletes and older people are operating at the margins of physiological capacity. Both benefit from tailored, scientifically informed training programmes delivered and monitored by a multidisciplinary team. There are parallels between the comprehensive geriatric assessment and the philosophy of marginal gains pioneered by British Cycling. Insights into the biology of skeletal muscle function are beginning to translate into the development of clinical interventions and substances that offer an unfair advantage in sport by improving muscle strength and physical performance may be of therapeutic benefit in sarcopenia. The 2024 Olympics provide an opportunity for us to learn lessons for excellence in our research and provide an opportunity to promote exercise across the life course-important for healthy ageing.

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GeriatricsAgedAgingAthletesAthletic PerformanceGeriatric AssessmentHealthy AgingHumansSarcopeniaSportselitegeriatricmedicineolder peopleOlympicsports

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PMID39364561
PMCPMC11450265

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