Sarcopenia: Origins and clinical relevance

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-339

  Rosenberg, Irwin H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Muscle; Sarcopenia; Strength

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGING; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXERCISE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79961088852     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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