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 …

The diagnosis and management of osteoporosis have been improved by the development of
new quantitative methods of skeletal assessment and by the availability of an increasing …

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Shanghai, eastern China, to evaluate the
prevalence of loss of muscle mass corresponding to sarcopenia in Chinese men and …

Over the past 4 decades, much has been learned about the pathophysiology and treatment
of osteoporosis, the prevention of fragility fractures, and the perioperative management of …

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 …

The characterization of risk factors for fracture that contribute significantly to fracture risk,
over and above that provided by the bone mineral density, has stimulated the development …

Low muscle mass at older age has been associated with functional impairments, cognitive
decline and mortality. The term sarcopenia, coined in 1988, has been used interchangeably …

Background and aims Sarcopenia has been indicated as a reliable marker of frailty and poor
prognosis among the oldest individuals. There are only few data on sarcopenia in healthy …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Established methods of assessing bone mineral density
are associated with additional radiation exposure to the patient. In this study, we aimed to …

By weakening the influence of dual-energy X-ray transmission (DE-XRT) thickness on the
coal and gangue identification, this study aims to reveal the effect of thickness, density, and …