Background Sarcopenia is a significant geriatric syndrome with both health care expenditure
and personal burden. Most recently, the European Working Group in Sarcopenia in Older …

Purpose Sarcopenia is a muscle disease that is linked to the effects of ageing, chronic
diseases, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. In Ireland, there is a lack of readily available …

Assessing sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function, in institutionalized
older adults is a challenging task. Data on its prevalence in residential facilities are scant …

Objectives Sarcopenia is a progressive loss of skeletal muscle and muscle function, with
significant health and disability consequences for older adults. We aimed to evaluate the …

Background sarcopenia in ageing is a progressive decrease in muscle mass, strength
and/or physical function. This review aims to summarise the definitions of sarcopenia in …

Aim To develop cut‐off points of muscle mass, gait speed and handgrip strength; and to
examine the prevalence of sarcopenia, and the relationship between sarcopenia stages and …

Background Sarcopenia is an age-related disease which leads to a decline in muscle mass
and function and is one of the most important health issues in elderly people with a high rate …

Aim Sarcopenia is recognized with its adverse functional outcomes. We aimed to report the
prevalence of European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) defined …

Introduction Recognition that an older person has sarcopenia is important because this
condition is linked to a range of adverse outcomes. Sarcopenia becomes increasingly …

Aim The impact of sarcopenia on hospitalisation has been under intense investigation;
however, little is known about the association between sarcopenia and their costs among …