Muscle function and fat content in relation to sarcopenia, obesity and frailty of old age — An overview

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 25-32

  Buch, Assaf ^a,b   Carmeli, Eli ^a,c   Boker, Lital Keinan ^c   Marcus, Yonit ^a,b   Shefer, Gabi ^a,b   Kis, Ofer ^a   Berner, Yitshal ^b,d   Stern, Naftali ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fat mass; Frailty; Muscle function; Muscle mass; Obese frail; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenic obese

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOACCUMULATION; DYNAPENIA; FAT CONTENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; AGE; AGED; COMPLICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84983049677     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2016.01.008     Document Type: Review

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