Marlene Gojanovic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
Monash University
2025
Deakin University
2020-2021
Low handgrip strength (HGS) is a measure of poor skeletal muscle performance and marker ill health frailty. Muscle quality (MQ) relative to mass. We aimed develop normative data for HGS MQ, report age-related prevalence low determine the relationship with age, anthropometry, body composition women in Australia.
Age-associated chronic, low grade systemic inflammation has been recognised as an important contributing factor in the development of sarcopenia; importantly, diet may regulate this process. This cross-sectional study examined association diet-related with components sarcopenia. Participants (n = 809) aged 60–95 years from Geelong Osteoporosis Study were studied. Body composition was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. In study, appendicular lean mass (ALM/height2, kg/m2) defined...
Abstract Background Nutrition interventions commenced in ICU and continued through to hospital discharge have not been definitively tested critical care date. To commence a program of research, we aimed determine if tailored nutrition intervention delivered for the duration hospitalisation delivers more energy than usual patients initially admitted Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Methods A multicentre, unblinded, parallel-group, phase II trial was conducted twenty-two hospitals Australia New...