Abstract The South Asian population is rapidly ageing and sarcopenia is likely to become a
huge burden in this region if proper action is not taken in time. Several sarcopenia …

Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass and either a loss of
muscle strength or physical performance. Its prevalence increases with age and is …

Sarcopenia was recently classified a geriatric syndrome and is a major challenge to healthy
aging. Affected patients tend to have worse clinical outcomes and higher mortality than …

Sarcopenia, a newly recognized geriatric syndrome, is characterized by age-related decline
of skeletal muscle plus low muscle strength and/or physical performance. Previous studies …

We, the Guest Editors of this special issue, are proud to publish 16 articles on sarcopenia
from six Asian countries, including seven articles from Japan, four from Taiwan, two from …

Clinical and research interest in sarcopenia has burgeoned internationally, Asia included.
The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2014 consensus defined sarcopenia as …

Sarcopenia, a well-known geriatric syndrome, is defined as the age-related loss of muscle
mass plus declined muscle function (muscle strength and/or physical performance) …

Objectives To describe the normative values of sarcopenia among community-dwelling
adults (≥ 21 years of age); compare the prevalence of sarcopenia using Asian Working …

Objective This meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the overall prevalence of
sarcopenia in older Chinese adults. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis …

Background Sarcopenia, an age-related decline in muscle mass and function, is one of the
most important health problems in elderly with a high rate of adverse outcomes. However …