AJ Cruz-Jentoft, AA Sayer - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalised skeletal muscle disorder involving the accelerated loss of muscle mass and function that is associated with increased adverse …
RJS Dhillon, S Hasni - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2017 - geriatric.theclinics.com
The term Sarcopenia (Greek, sarx for:“flesh” and penia for “loss”) refers to the phenomenon of reduction of both muscular mass and function with aging. 1 Muscle strength is a critical …
Muscle regeneration is sustained by infiltrating macrophages and the consequent activation of satellite cells,,–. Macrophages and satellite cells communicate in different ways,,,–, but …
Introduction Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the …
Sarcopenia is recognized as a major health problem among older adults. This syndrome is associated with serious health consequences in terms of frailty, disability, morbidity and …
Sarcopenia, operationally defined as the loss of muscle mass and muscle function, is a major health condition associated with ageing, and contributes to many components of …
Background: weak grip strength is a key component of sarcopenia and is associated with subsequent disability and mortality. We have recently established life course normative data …
The growing recognition of sarcopenia, the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has highlighted the need to understand more about its etiology. Declines in muscle …