A review of sarcopenia: Enhancing awareness of an increasingly prevalent disease

E Marty, Y Liu, A Samuel, O Or, J Lane - Bone, 2017 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia is defined as an age associated decline in skeletal muscle mass. The
pathophysiology of sarcopenia is multifactorial, with decreased caloric intake, muscle fiber …

Prevalence of sarcopenia in older B razilians: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

JBM Diz, AAO Leopoldino, BS Moreira… - Geriatrics & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Sarcopenia is the age‐related loss of muscle mass and function that evolves into
disability, loss of independence and death. In B razil the number of older people is rapidly …

RETRACTED: Increased muscle PGC-1α expression protects from sarcopenia and metabolic disease during aging

T Wenz, SG Rossi, RL Rotundo… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - pnas.org
Aging is a major risk factor for metabolic disease and loss of skeletal muscle mass and
strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. Both conditions present a major health burden to …

Sarcopenia and its relationship with bone mineral density in middle-aged and elderly European men

S Verschueren, E Gielen, TW O'neill, SR Pye… - Osteoporosis …, 2013 - Springer
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between reduced muscle mass
(sarcopenia) and areal bone mineral density (BMD a) in middle-aged and elderly community …

Diagnostic imaging of osteoporosis and sarcopenia: a narrative review

C Messina, G Maffi, JA Vitale… - … imaging in medicine …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Osteoporosis and sarcopenia represent two major health problems with an increasing
prevalence in the elderly population. The correlation between these diseases has been …

Association between sarcopenia and higher-level functional capacity in daily living in community-dwelling elderly subjects in Japan

Y Tanimoto, M Watanabe, W Sun, Y Sugiura… - Archives of gerontology …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study aimed to determine the association between sarcopenia, defined by muscle
mass, muscle strength, and physical performance, and higher-level functional capacity in …

Sarcopenia and falls in community-dwelling elderly subjects in Japan: Defining sarcopenia according to criteria of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in …

Y Tanimoto, M Watanabe, W Sun, Y Sugiura… - Archives of gerontology …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study assessed the association between sarcopenia (using the definition of the
European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People) and fall in the past year among …

Correlation between muscle strength and muscle mass, and their association with walking speed, in community-dwelling elderly Japanese individuals

I Hayashida, Y Tanimoto, Y Takahashi, T Kusabiraki… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objectives We aimed to assess the correlation between muscle strength and muscle mass
based on sex and age, and their association with walking speed, which is a health predictor …

Sarcopenia and osteoporosis in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BR Nielsen, J Abdulla, HE Andersen… - European geriatric …, 2018 - Springer
Background Age-related loss of muscle and bone (sarcopenia and osteoporosis), increases
the risk of falls and fractures and consequently leads to a substantial economic burden for …

Sarcopenia and fragility fractures: molecular and clinical evidence of the bone-muscle interaction

U Tarantino, E Piccirilli, M Fantini, J Baldi, E Gasbarra… - JBJS, 2015 - journals.lww.com
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