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Sarcopenia: Diagnosis and treatment
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This article is published in Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging.The article was published on 2008-08-01. It has received 328 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sarcopenia & Testosterone (patch).read more
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Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis Report of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People
Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft,Jean-Pierre Baeyens,Jürgen M. Bauer,Yves Boirie,Tommy Cederholm,Francesco Landi,Finbarr C. Martin,Jean-Pierre Michel,Yves Rolland,Stéphane M. Schneider,Eva Topinkova,Maurits Vandewoude,Mauro Zamboni +12 more
TL;DR: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) developed a practical clinical definition and consensus diagnostic criteria for age-related sarcopenia as discussed by the authors.
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Sarcopenia in Asia: consensus report of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia.
Liang Kung Chen,Li Kuo Liu,Jean Woo,Prasert Assantachai,Tung Wai Auyeung,Kamaruzzaman Shahrul Bahyah,Ming Yueh Chou,Liang Yu Chen,Pi Shan Hsu,Orapitchaya Krairit,Jenny S.W. Lee,Wei Ju Lee,Yunhwan Lee,Chih Kuang Liang,Panita Limpawattana,Chu Sheng Lin,Li Ning Peng,Shosuke Satake,Takao Suzuki,Chang Won Won,Chih Hsing Wu,Si Nan Wu,Teimei Zhang,Ping Zeng,Masahiro Akishita,Hidenori Arai +25 more
TL;DR: The AWGS consensus report is believed to promote more Asian sarcopenia research, and most important of all, to focus on sarc Openia intervention studies and the implementation of sarcopenian in clinical practice to improve health care outcomes of older people in the communities and the healthcare settings in Asia.
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American association of clinical endocrinologists and american college of endocrinology comprehensive clinical practice guidelines for medical care of patients with obesity.
W. Timothy Garvey,Jeffrey I. Mechanick,Elise M. Brett,Alan J. Garber,Daniel L. Hurley,Ania M. Jastreboff,Karl Nadolsky,Rachel Pessah-Pollack,Raymond A Plodkowski +8 more
TL;DR: The final recommendations recognize that obesity is a complex, adiposity-based chronic disease, where management targets both weight-related complications and adiposity to improve overall health and quality of life.
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An overview of sarcopenia: facts and numbers on prevalence and clinical impact
TL;DR: Treatment of sarcopenia remains challenging, but promising results have been obtained using progressive resistance training, testosterone, estrogens, growth hormone, vitamin D, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
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Nutritional Recommendations for the Management of Sarcopenia
John E. Morley,Josep M. Argilés,William J. Evans,Shalender Bhasin,David Cella,Nicolaas E. P. Deutz,Wolfram Doehner,Kenneth C. H. Fearon,Luigi Ferrucci,Marc K. Hellerstein,Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh,H. Lochs,Neil MacDonald,Kathleen Mulligan,Maurizio Muscaritoli,Piotr Ponikowski,Mary Ellen Posthauer,Filippo Rossi Fanelli,Morrie Schambelan,Annemie M. W. J. Schols,Michael W. Schuster,Stefan D. Anker +21 more
TL;DR: The Society for Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disease convened an expert panel to develop nutritional recommendations for prevention and management of sarcopenia.
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Sarcopenia: Origins and Clinical Relevance
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