Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management

Sarcopenia, defined as loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is attracting more and more public attention in the ageing world. It is associated with many co-morbidities, including frailty, cognitive impairment, depression, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and respiratory diseases, an...

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Main Author:	Der-Sheng Han
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:	The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Subjects:	comorbidity exercise sarcopenia skeletal muscle mass
Online Access:	http://www.jisprm.org/article.asp?issn=2349-7904;year=2021;volume=4;issue=2;spage=100;epage=103;aulast=Han

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spelling	doaj-9f52f6aef58046dea3c0c25c210957102021-07-07T13:41:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine2589-94572021-01-014210010310.4103/JISPRM-000123Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and managementDer-Sheng HanSarcopenia, defined as loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is attracting more and more public attention in the ageing world. It is associated with many co-morbidities, including frailty, cognitive impairment, depression, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and respiratory diseases, and incurs mortality at the end. Diagnostic consensuses are available, and the elderly at risk are encouraged to take suitable screening tests, such as muscle mass measurement, grip strength, and gait speed. Progressive resistance training is the mainstream to treat sarcopenia, yet, the multi-component exercise program is suggested for the frail elderly.http://www.jisprm.org/article.asp?issn=2349-7904;year=2021;volume=4;issue=2;spage=100;epage=103;aulast=Hancomorbidityexercisesarcopeniaskeletal muscle mass
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title	Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management
title_short	Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management
title_full	Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management
title_fullStr	Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management
title_full_unstemmed	Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management
title_sort	sarcopenia: diagnosis, comorbidities, and management
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	The Journal of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
issn	2589-9457
publishDate	2021-01-01
description	Sarcopenia, defined as loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is attracting more and more public attention in the ageing world. It is associated with many co-morbidities, including frailty, cognitive impairment, depression, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and respiratory diseases, and incurs mortality at the end. Diagnostic consensuses are available, and the elderly at risk are encouraged to take suitable screening tests, such as muscle mass measurement, grip strength, and gait speed. Progressive resistance training is the mainstream to treat sarcopenia, yet, the multi-component exercise program is suggested for the frail elderly.
topic	comorbidity exercise sarcopenia skeletal muscle mass
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Sarcopenia: Diagnosis, comorbidities, and management

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