Sarcopenia and its implications for the elderly

R Roubenoff - European journal of clinical nutrition, 2000 - nature.com
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and strength with age. Sarcopenia is a part of normal
aging, and occurs even in master athletes, although it is clearly accelerated by physical …

Invited review: aging and sarcopenia

TJ Doherty - Journal of applied physiology, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Aging is associated with progressive loss of neuromuscular function that often leads to
progressive disability and loss of independence. The term sarcopenia is now commonly …

Sarcopenia: a major modifiable cause of frailty in the elderly.

R Roubenoff - The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2000 - europepmc.org
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and strength that occurs with aging. It is a
consequence of normal aging, and does not require a disease to occur, although muscle …

Advantages of dietary, exercise-related, and therapeutic interventions to prevent and treat sarcopenia in adult patients: an update

DL Waters, RN Baumgartner, PJ Garry… - Clinical Interventions in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Sarcopenia is the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function with aging. Although the term
sarcopenia was first coined in 1989, its etiology is still poorly understood. Moreover, a …

Sarcopenia: a contemporary health problem among older adult populations

SK Papadopoulou - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia, a geriatric disease characterized by a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass
and loss of muscle function, constitutes a rising, often undiagnosed health problem. Its …

Sarcopenia: effects on body composition and function

R Roubenoff - The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass that happens to everyone with age. However, the rate
of sarcopenia and the severity of its sequelae vary greatly according to health status …

[HTML][HTML] Lifestyle and sarcopenia—etiology, prevention, and treatment

O Rom, S Kaisari, D Aizenbud… - Rambam Maimonides …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The term sarcopenia describes the loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function in
old age. As the world population continues to grow older, more attention is given to the …

Sarcopenia and functional decline: pathophysiology, prevention and therapy

I Bautmans, K Van Puyvelde, T Mets - Acta Clinica Belgica, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Twenty years ago, the term 'sarcopenia'has been introduced to describe the ageing related
loss of skeletal muscle mass. Since then, sarcopenia has been intensively studied and …

An overview of sarcopenia: facts and numbers on prevalence and clinical impact

S von Haehling, JE Morley, SD Anker - Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia …, 2010 - Springer
Human muscle undergoes constant changes. After about age 50, muscle mass decreases at
an annual rate of 1–2%. Muscle strength declines by 1.5% between ages 50 and 60 and by …

Sarcopenia

K Keller - Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2019 - Springer
Sarcopenia is a very common, but frequently overlooked and undertreated geriatric
syndrome comprising pronounced muscle mass and strength/performance loss. Estimated …