Sarcopenia and its association with falls and fractures in older adults: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

SSY Yeung, EM Reijnierse, VK Pham… - Journal of cachexia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sarcopenia is a potentially modifiable risk factor for falls and fractures in older adults, but the
strength of the association between sarcopenia, falls, and fractures is unclear. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of sarcopenia as a comorbid disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

J Pacifico, MAJ Geerlings, EM Reijnierse… - Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Sarcopenia shares risk factors with various other age-related diseases. This
meta-analysis aimed to determine the prevalence of sarcopenia as a comorbid disease …

Sarcopenia and mild cognitive impairment among elderly adults: the first longitudinal evidence from CHARLS

Y Hu, W Peng, R Ren, Y Wang… - Journal of cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The association between sarcopenia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
among elderly adults in China remains unclear. The present study aimed to examine the …

Sarcopenia prevalence and associated factors among older Chinese population: Findings from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

X Wu, X Li, M Xu, Z Zhang, L He, Y Li - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Sarcopenia a recognised geriatric syndrome. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of
possible sarcopenia, sarcopenia and severe sarcopenia among older Chinese adults and to …

Aging and imaging assessment of body composition: from fat to facts

F Ponti, A Santoro, D Mercatelli, C Gasperini… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The aging process is characterized by the chronic inflammatory status called
“inflammaging”, which shares major molecular and cellular features with the metabolism …

Associations of sarcopenia definitions, and their components, with the incidence of recurrent falling and fractures: the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

LA Schaap, NM Van Schoor, P Lips… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The aim was to investigate the associations of sarcopenia as defined by
European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) and Foundation for the …

Pathogenesis and management of sarcopenia

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 …

Obesity, malnutrition, and trace element deficiency in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview

D Fedele, A De Francesco, S Riso, A Collo - Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
The world is currently facing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic which places
great pressure on health care systems and workers, often presents with severe clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenic obesity: an emerging public health problem

T Ji, Y Li, L Ma - Aging and disease, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Population aging and the obesity epidemic are important global public health problems that
pose an unprecedented threat to the physical and mental health of the elderly and health …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical definition of sarcopenia

V Santilli, A Bernetti, M Mangone… - Clinical cases in mineral …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sarcopenia is a condition characterized by loss of skeletal muscle mass and function.
Although it is primarily a disease of the elderly, its development may be associated with …