Sarcopenia
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Broader Terms
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Related Terms
aging, atrophy, muscle metabolism
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Scope Note
loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality and strength; may be associated with aging.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Sarcopenia is not due to lack of regenerative drive in senescent skeletal muscle.
- This functional effect of sarcopenia is shown in Figure 2, which compares the strength needed to rise from a chair for two persons of the same weight.
- = Sarcopenia is also linked to other problems such as osteoporosis, diabetes, falls and fractures.
- Although there is no specific level of lean body mass or muscle mass at which one can say sarcopenia is present (Roubenoff 2001), any loss of muscle mass is of importance because there is a strong relationship between muscle mass and strength (Roth, Ferrell & Hurley 2000).
- Sarcopenia is more than a muscular deficit.
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