Exercise and physical activity for patients with end-stage liver disease: Improving functional status and sarcopenia while on the transplant waiting list

Ammonia lowering reverses sarcopenia of cirrhosis by restoring skeletal muscle proteostasis

(2017) Avinash Kumar et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention program on portal hypertension in patients with cirrhosis and obesity: The SportDiet study

(2017) Annalisa Berzigotti et al.   HEPATOLOGY

A practical approach to nutritional screening and assessment in cirrhosis

(2017) Puneeta Tandon et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Development of a novel frailty index to predict mortality in patients with end-stage liver disease

(2017) Jennifer C. Lai et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Male Patients With Cirrhosis by Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Estimates of Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass

(2017) Giliane Belarmino et al.   JOURNAL OF PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL NUTRITION

A multicenter study to define sarcopenia in patients with end-stage liver disease

(2017) Elizabeth J. Carey et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Effects of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) on the progression of advanced liver disease

(2017) Jung Gil Park et al.   MEDICINE

Step-Based Physical Activity Metrics and Cardiometabolic Risk

(2017) CATRINE TUDOR-LOCKE et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist

(2017) Marie Sinclair et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

A Rapid Bedside Screen to Predict Unplanned Hospitalization and Death in Outpatients With Cirrhosis: A Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical Frailty Scale

(2016) Puneeta Tandon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Computed Tomography-Assessed Skeletal Muscle Mass on Outcome in Patients Awaiting or Undergoing Liver Transplantation

(2016) J. L. A. van Vugt et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Physical Activity/Exercise and Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association

(2016) Sheri R. Colberg et al.   DIABETES CARE

Intensive Enteral Nutrition Is Ineffective for Patients With Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Treated With Corticosteroids

(2016) Christophe Moreno et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Testosterone therapy increases muscle mass in men with cirrhosis and low testosterone: A randomised controlled trial

(2016) Marie Sinclair et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Sarcopenia from mechanism to diagnosis and treatment in liver disease

(2016) Srinivasan Dasarathy et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

The gap between clinically assessed physical performance and objective physical activity in liver transplant candidates

(2016) Michael A. Dunn et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Low phase angle is associated with the development of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis

(2016) Astrid Ruiz-Margáin et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Malnutrition and sarcopenia predict post-liver transplantation outcomes independently of the Model for End-stage Liver Disease score

(2016) Maria Kalafateli et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Changes in Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient Induced by Physical Exercise in Cirrhosis: Results of a Pilot Randomized Open Clinical Trial

(2016) Ricardo U Macías-Rodríguez et al.   Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

OPTN/SRTR 2013 Annual Data Report: Liver

(2015) W. R. Kim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Malnutrition assessed through phase angle and its relation to prognosis in patients with compensated liver cirrhosis: A prospective cohort study

(2015) Astrid Ruiz-Margáin et al.   DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE

Nonexercise Activity Thermogenesis in Obesity Management

(2015) Pedro A. Villablanca et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Personalized Adapted Physical Activity Before Liver Transplantation

(2015) Marilyne Debette-Gratien et al.   TRANSPLANTATION

Sarcopenic obesity and myosteatosis are associated with higher mortality in patients with cirrhosis

(2015) Aldo J. Montano-Loza et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Inclusion of Sarcopenia Within MELD (MELD-Sarcopenia) and the Prediction of Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis

(2015) Aldo J Montano-Loza et al.   Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Newly Developed Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor for Survival in Patients who Underwent Liver Transplantation

(2015) Ja Young Jeon et al.   PLoS One

Frailty Predicts Waitlist Mortality in Liver Transplant Candidates

(2014) J. C. Lai et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Eight Weeks of Exercise Training Increases Aerobic Capacity and Muscle Mass and Reduces Fatigue in Patients With Cirrhosis

(2014) Laura Zenith et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Randomized Pilot Study: Effects of an Exercise Programme and Leucine Supplementation in Patients with Cirrhosis

(2014) Eva Román et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Post-liver transplantation sarcopenia in cirrhosis: A prospective evaluation

(2014) Cynthia Tsien et al.   JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

Prognostic value of muscle atrophy in cirrhosis using psoas muscle thickness on computed tomography

(2014) François Durand et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Severe muscle depletion predicts postoperative length of stay but is not associated with survival after liver transplantation

(2014) Aldo J. Montano-Loza et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

(2013) Robert H. Eckel et al.   CIRCULATION

ACSM’s New Preparticipation Health Screening Recommendations from ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Ninth Edition

(2013) Paul D. Thompson et al.   Current Sports Medicine Reports

Sarcopenia and a physiologically low respiratory quotient in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective controlled study

(2013) Cathy Glass et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Index of Nutritional Status in Concurrent Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2013) Judith Meza-Junco et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

MuRF-1 and p-GSK3β expression in muscle atrophy of cirrhosis

(2013) Manuela Merli et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Muscle mass predicts outcomes following liver transplantation

(2013) Andrea DiMartini et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Association between sarcopenia and the risk of serious infection among adults undergoing liver transplantation

(2013) Robert W. Krell et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor in living donor liver transplantation

(2013) Toshiro Masuda et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Objective Radiologic Assessment of Body Composition in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease

(2013) Ruy J. Cruz et al.   TRANSPLANTATION

Malnutrition, fatigue, frailty, vulnerability, sarcopenia and cachexia

(2012) Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy   CURRENT OPINION IN CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLIC CARE

Reversal of sarcopenia predicts survival after a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent

(2012) Cynthia Tsien et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

A 24-week dietary and physical activity lifestyle intervention reduces hepatic insulin resistance in the obese with chronic hepatitis C

(2012) Venessa Pattullo et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Severe muscle depletion in patients on the liver transplant wait list: Its prevalence and independent prognostic value

(2012) Puneeta Tandon et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Muscle Wasting Is Associated With Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis

(2011) Aldo J. Montano–Loza et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Branched-chain amino acids as pharmacological nutrients in chronic liver disease

(2011) Takumi Kawaguchi et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Aerobic exercise improves insulin resistance and decreases body fat and serum levels of leptin in patients with hepatitis C virus

(2011) Ichiro Konishi et al.   HEPATOLOGY RESEARCH

How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populations

(2011) Catrine Tudor-Locke et al.   International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Effects of testosterone gel treatment in hypogonadal men with liver cirrhosis

(2011) Alper Yurci et al.   Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Clinician’s Guide to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults

(2010) Gary J. Balady et al.   CIRCULATION

Sarcopenia and Mortality after Liver Transplantation

(2010) Michael J. Englesbe et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Six-minute walk distance predicts mortality in liver transplant candidates

(2010) Elizabeth J. Carey et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Body composition changes after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients with cirrhosis

(2010) Jonathan Montomoli   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

A randomized pilot trial of oral branched-chain amino acids in early cirrhosis: Validation using prognostic markers for pre-liver transplant status

(2009) Etsushi Kawamura et al.   LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults

(2009) Wojtek J. Chodzko-Zajko et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

Measurement of myostatin concentrations in human serum: Circulating concentrations in young and older men and effects of testosterone administration

(2009) Kishore M. Lakshman et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Nocturnal nutritional supplementation improves total body protein status of patients with liver cirrhosis: A randomized 12-month trial

(2008) Lindsay D. Plank et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Impact of Impaired Aerobic Capacity on Liver Transplant Candidates

(2008) Sébastien Dharancy et al.   TRANSPLANTATION