Konstantinos Prokopidis
@KostasProko
PhD in Musculoskeletal Biology @LivuniILCaMS | University of Liverpool | @EuGMSSociety | SIG SR & Meta-analysis | Sarcopenia, frailty, cachexia, heart failure
Effects of exercise with or without a hypocaloric diet on intermuscular and intramuscular fat: a systematic review link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Higher pre-discharge energy intake is associated with lower post-discharge mortality in acutely hospitalized older adults. link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Great new paper by Carla Prado et al clarifying the proper terminology "to ensure precise assessment, reporting, and interpretation of body composition data." ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-…
Influence of exercise and nutrition on sarcopenia in cardiovascular disease: A Scientific Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the ESC academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance…
Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates do not differ with low and high estradiol concentrations across the menstrual cycle academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-a…
Osteosarcopenia, sarcopenia, and their associations with validated recent fragility fractures in older women: applying seven definitions in the FRISBEE 2 study link.springer.com/article/10.100…
🦴💪 Pleased to share our latest editorial “Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia: Two Sides of the Same Coin”, co-authored with my dear friends @KostasProko and @MathiasSchloegl, in European Geriatric Medicine @EuGMSSociety 📖 Read the full article: doi.org/10.1007/s41999….
Recruitment for our 5th Cohort of Fellows has launched 🚀Join us at @UofGlasgow @EdinburghUni @dundeeuni and @univofstandrews 📷Full list of projects can be found here📷 - gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/d… Job advert - jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/multimorbi…
Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals - Fellowship applications for 2026 now open! @MMPhDHP is supported by @wellcometrust ➡️tinyurl.com/2r8c2van youtube.com/watch?v=VBmCdh…
We are recruiting a Research Dietitian to join our team PROSPECT @kingsmedicine to study the relationship between diet and early onset colorectal cancer. Pls share! Thanks to @CR_UK & @BowelbabeF for funding kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118765-di…
Our latest paper out in Age and Ageing (British Geriatrics Society)...Interactions between bone density and muscle mass in predicting all-cause mortality: a 10-year prospective cohort study of 1388 older men (aged 77–101 years) academic.oup.com/ageing/article…
Prognostic value of ultrasound-assessed upper limb muscle thickness on mortality in older patients with heart failure: A post-hoc analysis of the SONIC-HF cohort study sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to share ESCEO's paper of the month: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Thanks to @acer_journal for selecting two of our recent publications as papers of the month in 2025: - link.springer.com/article/10.100… - link.springer.com/article/10.100… @KostasProko @McGill_DOM @RIMUHC1
The association of n-3 fatty acid intake with muscle mass and strength in older adults: A cross-sectional analysis of the UK biobank data sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Relation between resting energy expenditure and amino acid metabolism in the post-acute phase of catabolic critically ill patients Catabolism persist in chronically ill patients as whole-body AA production is increased (tissue breakdown) doi.org/10.1016/j.clne…
Not all weight loss is good in HFpEF. Unintentional weight loss is different than therapeutic weight loss in HFpEF onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…