Frailty: future prospectives in rehabilitation medicine

Yannis Dionyssiotis; Stefano Masiero; Maria Chiara Maccarone; Konstantinos Prokopidis; Nigyar Dzhafer; Charalampos Matzaroglou; Maria Tsekoura; Kiril Panayotov; Jannis Papathanasiou

doi:10.4081/ejtm.2023.11347

Authors

Yannis Dionyssiotis
dionyssiotis@upatras.gr
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Clinic, General University Hospital of Patras, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6962-1583
Stefano Masiero Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation School, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-4898
Maria Chiara Maccarone Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation School, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2793-1334
Konstantinos Prokopidis Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-9388
Nigyar Dzhafer Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Public Health "Prof. Dr. Tzecomir Vodenicharov, DSc", Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3196-8359
Charalampos Matzaroglou Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-9069
Maria Tsekoura Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2649-0522
Kiril Panayotov Faculty of Public Health and Health Care, “Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse, Bulgaria. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2737-0023
Jannis Papathanasiou Department of Medical Imaging, Allergology and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Department of Kinesitherapy, Faculty of Public Health “Prof. Dr. Tzecomir Vodenicharov, DSc.”, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2557-5508

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Modern rehabilitation is based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). We will discuss this Classification process in frailty. Frailty is defined as a condition of reduced functional reserve, a state of vulnerability that involves poor recovery of homeostasis and increased susceptibility to stressor mechanisms, with consequent difficulty in returning to the previous condition of balance. Rehabilitation of frailty is reported in the ICF, although, its consensus is not sufficiently addressed due to its recent identification and the limited available information regarding how it should be formulated. Thus, the aim of the present article is to present the current evidence-based rehabilitation strategies applied in management of frailty.

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Dionyssiotis, Y., Masiero, S., Maccarone, M. C., Prokopidis, K., Dzhafer , N., Matzaroglou, C., Tsekoura, M., Panayotov, K., & Papathanasiou, J. (2023). Frailty: future prospectives in rehabilitation medicine. European Journal of Translational Myology, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2023.11347