[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of sarcopenia: Prevalence, risk factors, and consequences

S Yuan, SC Larsson - Metabolism, 2023 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia is a geriatric condition featured by a progressive loss of muscle mass and
function and associated with various adverse health outcomes. In this review, we aimed to …

Sarcopenia and cardiovascular diseases

AA Damluji, M Alfaraidhy, N AlHajri, NN Rohant… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength, mass, and function, which is often exacerbated by
chronic comorbidities including cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, and …

Sarcopenia: how to measure, when and why

AS Tagliafico, B Bignotti, L Torri, F Rossi - La radiologia medica, 2022 - Springer
Sarcopenia indicates a loss of skeletal muscle mass, a condition that leads to a decline in
physical performance. In 2018, the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People …

Imaging of sarcopenia: old evidence and new insights

D Albano, C Messina, J Vitale, LM Sconfienza - European radiology, 2020 - Springer
To date, sarcopenia is considered a patient-specific imaging biomarker able to predict
clinical outcomes. Several imaging modalities, including dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia in the older adult with cancer

GR Williams, RF Dunne, S Giri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The term sarcopenia, derived from the Greek words sarx for flesh and penia for loss, was first
introduced by Rosenberg 1 in 1989 to describe the loss of muscle mass that accompanies …

The multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach and quality of care

M Taberna, F Gil Moncayo, E Jané-Salas… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The core function of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) is to bring together a group of healthcare
professionals from different fields in order to determine patients' treatment plan. Most of head …

Sarcopenia predicts worse postoperative outcomes and decreased survival rates in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Trejo-Avila, K Bozada-Gutiérrez… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Previous studies have shown an association of sarcopenia with adverse short-and
long-term outcomes in multiple gastrointestinal cancer types. We aimed to investigate the …

Sarcopenia: etiology, nutritional approaches, and miRNAs

R Cannataro, L Carbone, JL Petro, E Cione… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia, an age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and function, dramatically
affects the quality of life. Although there is a consensus that sarcopenia is a multifactorial …

Myosteatosis and prognosis in cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

GFP Aleixo, SS Shachar, KA Nyrop, HB Muss… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The evidence that body composition parameters influence multiple cancer
outcomes is rapidly expanding. Excess adiposity deposits in muscle tissue, termed …

Association of systemic inflammation and sarcopenia with survival in nonmetastatic colorectal cancer: results from the C SCANS study

EMC Feliciano, CH Kroenke, JA Meyerhardt… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Systemic inflammation and sarcopenia are easily evaluated, predict mortality in
many cancers, and are potentially modifiable. The combination of inflammation and …