Prevalence, incidence, and clinical impact of sarcopenia: facts, numbers, and epidemiology—update 2014

Sarcopenia is now defined as a decline in walking speed or grip strength associated with low muscle mass. Sarcopenia leads to loss of mobility and function, falls, and mortality. Sarcopenia is a major cause of frailty, but either condition can occur without the other being present. Sarcopenia is pre...

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Published in:Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle sarcopenia and muscle, 2014-12, Vol.5 (4), p.253-259
Main Authors: Morley, John E., Anker, Stefan D., von Haehling, Stephan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Age
Aging
Anorexia
Clinical Nutrition
Cytokines
Disease
Editorial
Epidemiology
Exercise
Fractures
Gait
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Growth hormones
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Molecular Medicine
Mortality
Muscle function
Obesity
Older people
Oncology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Proteins
Questionnaires
Sarcopenia
Testosterone
Womens health
Working groups
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Summary:Sarcopenia is now defined as a decline in walking speed or grip strength associated with low muscle mass. Sarcopenia leads to loss of mobility and function, falls, and mortality. Sarcopenia is a major cause of frailty, but either condition can occur without the other being present. Sarcopenia is present in about 5 to 10 % of persons over 65 years of age. It has multiple causes including disease, decreased caloric intake, poor blood flow to muscle, mitochondrial dysfunction, a decline in anabolic hormones, and an increase in proinflammatory cytokines. Basic therapy includes resistance exercise and protein and vitamin D supplementation. There is now a simple screening test available for sarcopenia—SARC-F. All persons 60 years and older should be screened for sarcopenia and treated when appropriate.
ISSN:2190-5991
2190-6009
DOI:10.1007/s13539-014-0161-y