Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

One year treatment with zoledronate or zoledronate with magnesium have no effect on pain characteristics and thresholds in post-menopausal osteoporosis: findings from a pilot randomized clinical trial. @GravenNielsen @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

Cluster sets in power training maintained better exercise performance in older adults, accompanied by perception that they could perform more repetitions compared to traditional sets. @HalakiMark @derekleetran @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

The KNIMS training algorithm is generally accepted by the residents of a nursing home and feasible. @ilmannato @ClinMedJournals @springer1842 link.springer.com/article/10…

Task-oriented training showed superior effects over conventional training in improving balance, gait, and balance confidence in older adults, with clinically meaningful improvements in balance and gait speed. link.springer.com/article/10… @ilmannato @ClinMedJournals

Happy to share the ESCEO paper of the month for September 2026! Intrinsic capacity and comorbidity burden capture distinct but age-driven dimensions of health in older postmenopausal women. mailing.wco-iof-esceo.org/t/…

#Celecoxib 100 mg twice daily and 200 mg once daily are both effective for osteoarthritis pain relief, in moderate and severe pain. Findings suggest 200 mg once daily may confer an advantage in patients with severe baseline pain in the long-term treatment. link.springer.com/article/10…

A longitudinal study encompassing community-dwelling individuals aged 40 years and over revealed a significant and robust association between increases in social exclusion and lower odds of donation behavior. @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

The Geriatric Discharge Complexity Score seems more predictive of social care issues that may lead to a prolongation of hospital stay than the Blaylock Risk Assessment Screening Score. @Vale_Muollo @ceolin_chiara @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

Low levels of osteocalcin are associated with being frail among community-dwelling 75-year-old women. #olderpersonsday link.springer.com/article/10…

Serum iron levels represent a molecular risk factor for #osteoporosis-related pathological fractures, particularly in postmenopausal individuals, but not for osteoporosis itself. link.springer.com/article/10…

Dance-based exergames significantly improve cognition in elderly individuals with cognitive impairment, with better effects observed in long-term interventions: a meta-analysis. link.springer.com/article/10… @ilmannato @ClinMedJournals

Age at first birth, age at last birth and birth interval shown the U-shaped associations with osteoarthritis prevalence in postmenopausal women with two deliveries. link.springer.com/article/10… @ilmannato @ClinMedJournals

Higher dietary phytate intake is independently associated with a lower risk of incident fractures, suggesting a potential protective role against fracture in middle-aged and older adults. link.springer.com/article/10… @ilmannato @ClinMedJournals

Admission lactate is a robust predictor of short-term mortality in geriatric patients admitted to the intensive care unit and provides useful complementary information to established severity scores. link.springer.com/article/10… @ClinMedJournals @ilmannato

Happy to share the paper of the month for August 2026: Burden of fall-related fracture among postmenopausal women: findings from the global burden of disease study 2021 link.springer.com/article/10…

The eye-tracking–based screening tool proved effective in the early detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment in high-risk older adults, offering high accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

A multi-task intervention involving heterogeneous activities can enhance cognitive function and potentially promote transfer effects to other dual-tasks in nursing home residents: results from a randomized pilot study. @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

Alzheimer's disease does not only affect cognitive functions, but also bodily dimensions, with hypertonia that may be present from the initial phases. @maddalenabecc @bertagnoli_sara @ValeMoroUnivr @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

Combined exercise may be optimal for C-reactive protein reduction in patients with sarcopenia, whereas Nutrition appears to be effective in improving IGF-1 response: findings from a systemativ review and network meta-analysis. @ilmannato link.springer.com/article/10…

Greater adherence to the Chinese-modified MIND diet is independently associated with lower probability of low muscle mass and better physical performance among older Chinese adults: findings from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. link.springer.com/article/10…