Anabolic–androgenic steroids: How do they work and what are the risks?

P Bond, DL Smit, W de Ronde - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS) are a class of hormones that are widely abused for
their muscle-building and strength-increasing properties in high, nontherapeutic, dosages …

Clinical relevance of sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease

RN Moorthi, KG Avin - Current opinion in nephrology and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Sarcopenia, now with its own International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-
10) code, is of importance clinically and should be accounted for in research studies in …

Comparative associations of muscle mass and muscle strength with mortality in dialysis patients

N Isoyama, AR Qureshi, CM Avesani… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Results Whereas 20% of patients had sarcopenia, low muscle mass and low muscle
strength alone were observed in a further 24% and 15% of patients, respectively. Old age …

Sex differences in muscle wasting

LJ Anderson, H Liu, JM Garcia - Sex and gender factors affecting …, 2017 - Springer
With aging and other muscle wasting diseases, men and women undergo similar
pathological changes in skeletal muscle: increased inflammation, enhanced oxidative …

Sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease: a scoping review of prevalence, risk factors, association with outcomes, and treatment

V Chatzipetrou, MJ Begin, M Hars… - Calcified tissue …, 2022 - Springer
Sarcopenia, a condition characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has
important clinical ramifications. We aimed to map the existing literature about prevalence …

Muscle wasting in end-stage renal disease promulgates premature death: established, emerging and potential novel treatment strategies

P Stenvinkel, JJ Carrero, F Von Walden… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Muscle wasting (or sarcopenia) is a common feature of the uremic phenotype and
predisposes this vulnerable patient population to increased risk of comorbid complications …

Effects of hormonal changes on sarcopenia in chronic kidney disease: where are we now and what can we do?

O Gungor, S Ulu, NB Hasbal, SD Anker… - Journal of cachexia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcopenia or muscle wasting is a progressive and generalized skeletal muscle disorder
involving the accelerated loss of muscle mass and function, often associated with muscle …

[HTML][HTML] South asian working action group on SARCOpenia (SWAG-SARCO)–A consensus document

M Dhar, N Kapoor, K Suastika, ME Khamseh… - Osteoporosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Body composition in chronic kidney disease

KL Johansen, C Lee - Current opinion in nephrology and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Recent studies show that a high BMI is not protective for all patients with chronic kidney
disease and is associated with poor physical functioning and frailty. Visceral adiposity is …

Current nutritional and pharmacological approaches for attenuating sarcopenia

K Sakuma, K Hamada, A Yamaguchi, W Aoi - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia is characterized by a gradual slowing of movement due to loss of muscle mass
and quality, decreased power and strength, increased risk of injury from falls, and often …