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Biography
I am a Medicine of the Elderly Consultant in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, working clinically in Orthogeriatrics, Frailty at the Front Door and the Major Trauma Unit.
I am an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh attached to the Geriatric Medicine Unit. My current research interests are sarcopenia, frailty and the relationship between cognitive and physical ageing.
My PhD developed a novel methodology to measure neck muscle cross-sectional area on MRI brain scans, thus allowing one scan to provide a measure of both brain and muscle structure. I worked within the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE) and on the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 Studies.
Research Interests
Sarcopenia
Healthy ageing
Trials in older adults
Cognitive ageing
Frailty
External positions
Consultant in Medicine of the Elderly, NHS Lothian
2020 → …
Keywords
- R Medicine (General)
- Geriatric Medicine
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Extracting geriatric syndromes from electronic health records: a scoping review
Squires, C., Duignan, A., Peterson, A., Kilgour, A. H. M., Russ, T. C., Cox, S. R. & Shenkin, S. D., 9 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European geriatric medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Resistance training for people with stroke
Saunders, D. H., Baker, G., Cheyne, J. D., Cooper, K., Fini, N. A., Kilgour, A., Swinton, P., Williams, G. & Mead, G., 24 Sept 2025, In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 9, 84 p., CD016001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Addressing “cognageism” in geriatric surgery: ethical dilemmas and collaborative innovations for an aging world
Soysal, P., Kilgour, A. H. M. & Frisardi, V., Apr 2025, In: European geriatric medicine. 16, 2, p. 397-399 3 p., 105015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Association of bradykinin receptor 2 (BDKRB2) variants with physical performance and muscle mass: Findings from the LACE sarcopenia trial
Shrestha, A., Bashir, T., Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T., Avenell, A., Band, M. M., Burton, L. A., Cvoro, V., Donnan, P. T., Duncan, G. W., George, J., Gordon, A. L., Gregson, C. L., Hapca, A., Hume, C., Jackson, T. A., Kerr, S. & Kilgour, A. & 16 others, , 2 Aug 2024, In: PLOS ONE. 19, 8 August, 14 p., e0307268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers and motivators to undertaking physical activity in adults over 70-a systematic review of the quantitative literature
Kilgour, A. H. M., Rutherford, M., Higson, J., Meredith, S. J., McNiff, J., Mitchell, S., Wijayendran, A., Lim, S. E. R. & Shenkin, S. D., 22 Apr 2024, In: Age and Ageing. 53, 4, 17 p., afae080.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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