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Francesco Landi is affiliated with the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Italy and has a primary focus on medicine, with a substantial number of publications in this field. Their work extensively covers several subfields including physiology, neurology, infectious diseases, geriatrics and gerontology, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research is notably centered around topics such as nutrition and health in aging, long-term effects of COVID-19, frailty in older adults, body composition measurement techniques, COVID-19 clinical research studies, nutritional studies and diet, and COVID-19 and mental health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesco Landi include:

  • Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19 (2020), published in JAMA
  • International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines (2021), published in The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • Sarcopenia Definition: The Position Statements of the Sarcopenia Definition and Outcomes Consortium (2020), published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Oxidative Stress, and Neuroinflammation: Intertwined Roads to Neurodegeneration (2020), published in Antioxidants

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Emanuele Marzetti
  • Riccardo Calvani
  • Anna Picca
  • Matteo Tosato
  • Hélio José Coelho-Júnior

Francesco Landi has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Nutrients
  • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Best Publications

  • Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis Report of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People

    Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft;Jean-Pierre Baeyens;Jürgen M Bauer;Yves Boirie

  • Sarcopenia: Revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis

    Alfonso Jose Cruz-Jentoft;Gulistan Bahat;Jurgen Bauer;Yves Boirie

  • Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19.

    Angelo M. D. Carfì;Roberto M. D. Bernabei;Francesco M. D. Landi

  • Prevalence of and interventions for sarcopenia in ageing adults: a systematic review. Report of the International Sarcopenia Initiative (EWGSOP and IWGS)

    Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft;Francesco Landi;Stéphane M. Schneider;Clemente Zúñiga

  • Erratum: Sarcopenia: Revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis (Age and Ageing DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afy169)

    Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft;G. listan Bahat;J. rgen Bauer;Yves Boirie

  • Management of Pain in Elderly Patients With Cancer

    Roberto Bernabei;Giovanni Gambassi;Kate Lapane;Francesco Landi

  • Exome Sequencing Reveals VCP Mutations as a Cause of Familial ALS

    Janel O. Johnson;Jessica Mandrioli;Michael Benatar;Yevgeniya Abramzon

  • Sarcopenia as a risk factor for falls in elderly individuals: Results from the ilSIRENTE study

    Francesco Landi;Rosa Liperoti;Andrea Russo;Silvia Giovannini

  • Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rita Pavasini;Jack M. Guralnik;Justin C. Brown;Mauro Di Bari

  • International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sarcopenia (ICFSR): Screening, Diagnosis and Management

    E. Dent;J. E. Morley;A. J. Cruz-Jentoft;H. Arai

  • Understanding sarcopenia as a geriatric syndrome

    Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft;Francesco Landi;Eva Topinková;Jean-Pierre Michel

  • Sarcopenia in daily practice: Assessment and management

    Charlotte Beaudart;Eugène McCloskey;Eugène McCloskey;Olivier Bruyère;Matteo Cesari

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Sarcopenia and mortality risk in frail older persons aged 80 years and older: results from ilSIRENTE study

    Francesco Landi;AJ Cruz-Jentoft;Rosa Liperoti;Andrea Russo

  • International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines

    Mikel Izquierdo;Mikel Izquierdo;Mikel Izquierdo;R. A. Merchant;J. E. Morley;S. D. Anker

  • Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management

    E. Dent;J. E. Morley;A. J. Cruz-Jentoft;L. Woodhouse

  • Randomised trial of impact of model of integrated care and case management for older people living in the community

    Roberto Bernabei;Francesco Landi;Giovanni Gambassi;Antonio Sgadari

  • Adverse Drug Reactions as Cause of Hospital Admissions: Results from the Italian Group of Pharmacoepidemiology in the Elderly (GIFA)

    Graziano Onder;Graziano Onder;Claudio Pedone;Claudio Pedone;Francesco Landi;Matteo Cesari

  • Pitfalls in the measurement of muscle mass: a need for a reference standard

    Fanny Buckinx;Francesco Landi;Matteo Cesari;Roger A. Fielding

  • Sarcopenia: A Time for Action. An SCWD Position Paper.

    Juergen Bauer;John E. Morley;Annemie M.W.J. Schols;Luigi Ferrucci

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Bernabei
Roberto Bernabei Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Matteo Cesari
Matteo Cesari University of Milan
Emanuele Marzetti
Emanuele Marzetti Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic
Graziano Onder
Graziano Onder Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Antonio Cherubini
Antonio Cherubini University of Perugia
Marco Pahor
Marco Pahor University of Florida
Stefano Volpato
Stefano Volpato University of Ferrara
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Bruno Vellas
Bruno Vellas Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Federico Marini
Federico Marini Sapienza University of Rome

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