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 on its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives are reported in the present review. On-going and future clinical trials on sarcopenia may radically change our preventive and therapeutic approaches of mobility disability in older people.

Sarcopenia : its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives / Y. Rolland, S. Czerwinski, G. Abellan Van Kan, J.E. Morley, M. Cesari, G. Onder, J. Woo, R. Baumgartner, F. Pillard, Y. Boirie, W.M.C. Chumlea, B. Vellas. - In: THE JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, HEALTH & AGING. - ISSN 1279-7707. - 12:7(2008), pp. 433-450.

Sarcopenia : its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives

M. Cesari;
2008

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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 on its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives are reported in the present review. On-going and future clinical trials on sarcopenia may radically change our preventive and therapeutic approaches of mobility disability in older people.
Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Exercise; Frail Elderly; Humans; Muscle, Skeletal; Muscular Atrophy
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
2008
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