Elite athletic competitions have separate male and female events due to men's physical
advantages in strength, speed, and endurance so that a protected female category with …

Cellular and molecular aging biomarkers might contribute to identify at-risk individuals for
frailty before overt clinical manifestations appear. Although studies on the associations of …

Objectives To investigate the influence of resistance training (RT), aerobic training (AT), or
combination training (CT) interventions on the body composition, muscle strength …

BACKGROUND: Preoperative risk assessment is important yet inexact in older patients
because physiologic reserves are difficult to measure. Frailty is thought to estimate …

Background The loss of muscle mass with aging reduces muscle strength, impairs functional
capacity, and increases the risk of developing chronic metabolic disease. It has been …

Improving physical function and mobility in a continuously expanding elderly population
emerges as a high priority of medicine today. Muscle mass, strength/power, and maximal …

Background. Although muscle strength and mass are highly correlated, the relationship
between direct measures of low muscle mass (sarcopenia) and strength in association with …

Sarcopenic obesity: definition, cause and consequences : Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition &
Metabolic Care Sarcopenic obesity: definition, cause and consequences : Current Opinion in …

Considering sarcopenia as a geriatric syndrome allows us to request its recognition and
assess its multiple risk factors, to implement a clinical and public health approach to the …

Sarcopenia is a loss of muscle protein mass and loss of muscle function. It occurs with
increasing age, being a major component in the development of frailty. Current knowledge …