Sarcopenia was originally defined as an age-associated loss of muscle mass. 1, 2 Recently
a number of European and international groups have redefined sarcopenia as being a …

Background: Interventions to attenuate the adverse effects of age-related loss of skeletal
muscle and function include increased physical activity and nutritional supplementation …

Changing demographics make it ever more important to understand the modifiable risk
factors for disability and loss of independence with advancing age. For more than two …

Sarcopenia, the age-associated loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has considerable
societal consequences for the development of frailty, disability, and health care planning. A …

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Ageing is a natural process. Everyone must undergo this phase of life at his or her own time
and pace. In the broader sense, ageing reflects all the changes taking place over the course …

Regular exercise has multi-system anti-aging effects. Here we summarize how exercise
impacts the major hallmarks of aging. We propose that, besides searching for novel …

Abstract The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP)
developed a practical clinical definition and consensus diagnostic criteria for age-related …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Sarcopenia, defined as a low level of muscle mass, occurs in
patients with cirrhosis. We assessed its incidence among cirrhotic patients undergoing …

Aims To assess the prevalence and clinical impact of reductions in the skeletal muscle mass
of patients with chronic heart failure (HF). Chronic HF is accompanied by co-morbidities that …