Background Age-related loss of muscle, sarcopenia, is recognised as a clinical syndrome
with multiple contributing factors. International European Working Group on Sarcopenia in …

Hospital palliative care is an essential part of the COVID-19 response but data are lacking.
We identified symptom burden, management, response to treatment, and outcomes for a case …

Background Frailty is an important clinical syndrome that is consistently associated with
adverse outcomes in older people. The relevance of frailty to chronic respiratory disease and its …

Sarcopenia and frailty are geriatric syndromes characterized by multisystem decline, which
are related to and reflected by markers of skeletal muscle dysfunction. In older people, …

Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family
quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With …

Introduction People with cancer frequently report limitation in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs);
essential activities required to live independently within society. Although several studies …

Persistent ill health after acute COVID-19—referred to as long COVID, the post-acute COVID-19
syndrome, or the post-COVID-19 condition—has emerged as a major concern. We …

… A further two participants (less than 1%) from one study reported persistent erythema, which
was considered possibly related to use of adhesive electrodes (Maddocks 2016a). All other …

People with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distressing
physical and psychological symptoms, often have limited understanding of their disease, and …

The skeletal muscles play an essential role in life, providing the mechanical basis for
respiration and movement. Skeletal muscle dysfunction is prevalent in all stages of chronic …