BACKGROUND Age-related muscle loss (that is, sarcopenia) is a common health problem among older people. Physical exercise and dietary protein have been emphasized in prevention and treatment of sarcopenia. Rigorous trials investigating the effects of protein supplementation on physical performance in sarcopenic populations are still scarce. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of...

An intriguing observation in the US mutual fund industry is that most equity funds do not short sell, even though virtually all regulatory restrictions on selling were lifted by 1997. We shed light this puzzle conducting first systematic analysis of long-short funds’ portfolio compositions, performance, and capital flows. Our results reveal that: 1) hold substantially more cash than their long-...

BACKGROUND Muscle atrophy and prolonged inactivity are associated with an increased sensation of fatigue and reduced functional capacity in the postoperative period in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Cardiac rehabilitation after hospital discharge is highly recommended and contributes to improvement in functional capacity and quality of life. However, few studies have evalu...

You have accessJournal of UrologyProstate Cancer: Localized: Surgical Therapy V (PD61)1 Sep 2021PD61-05 RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING URINARY CONTINENCE RATES BETWEEN PELVIC MUSCLES EXERCISES WITH AND WITHOUT TRANS-PELVIC MAGNETIC STIMULATION AFTER ROBOTIC ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY Mattia Nicola Sangalli, Paolo Vota, Matteo Zanoni, Giovanni Toia, Cinzia Mazzieri, Alberto Mandressi, Fabio Griz...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether spa therapy, plus home exercises and usual medical treatment provides any benefit over exercises and usual treatment, in the management of knee osteoarthritis. METHODS Large multicentre randomised prospective clinical trial of patients with knee osteoarthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria, attending French spa resorts as outpatients...

The Scandinavian Starch for Severe Sepsis / Septic Shock (6S) trial showed that hydroxyethyl starch was harmful compared to Ringer's acetate in patients with severe sepsis when used according to clinical practice and in alignment with the recommendations by the manufactures and authorities. The different interpretation by Chapell and Jacob's rely on misreading of the trial publication and is no...

this study evaluated the relationship between the location of the most severe coronary artery stenosis and the subsequent acute myocardial infarction (ami). methods: of 1590 patients who were admitted with a diagnosis of ami, we identified 44 patients who had undergone previous myocardial perfusion spect. thirty-one of these patients also had previous coronary angiography. the relationship betw...