Objectives: The US population is experiencing a demographic transition resulting in an
aging workforce. The objective of this article is to elucidate and expand an approach to keep …

Muscle mass seems to be a prognostic marker in patients with liver cirrhosis. However,
reported methods to quantify muscle mass are heterogeneous, consented cutoff values are …

Background Systematic analysis of dietary protein intake may identify demographic groups
within the American population that are not meeting the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) …

Background Although gait speed and six-minute walk distance are used to assess functional
capacity in older patients with cardiovascular disease, their prognostic capabilities have not …

The term Sarcopenia (Greek, sarx for “flesh” and penia for “loss”) refers to the phenomenon
of reduction of muscular mass, strength, and function with aging. 1 Muscle strength is a …

Background Low muscle mass and strength are highly prevalent in inpatients. It is
acknowledged that low muscle mass and strength are associated with falls in community …

The role and regulators of extracellular vesicle (EV) secretion in hepatic
ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury have not been defined. Rab27a is a guanosine …

This chapter describes the prevalence, causes, risk factors, prognoses and outcomes of
sarcopenia, as well as the prevalence of sarcopenia among patients with noncommunicable …

Objectives Increasing evidence suggests that inflammation has a detrimental effect on
muscle strength. Our objective was to analyse the association between muscle performance …

Objectives The aims of the study were to identify the associations between multimorbidity
and specific physical function domains among community-dwelling adults in Singapore, and …