Approaches to sarcopenia
Ogawa, S.; Ouchi, Y.
Clinical Calcium 23(1): 93-98
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0917-5857 PMID: 23268307 Document Number: 666529
Frailty is one of the features of geriatric syndrome, and the prevention from frailty and sarcopenia is a major problem in elderly population. Recent findings suggest that sarcopenia is caused by multiple processes that may involve decreased hormone levels, malnutrition, inflammatory status. Nutritional, pharmacological intervention and exercise training may be promising candidates for the treatment of sarcopenia.