Sarcopenia – Age-Related Muscle Wasting and Weakness Mechanisms and Treatments /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lynch, Gordon S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Geriatrics.; Sports medicine.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Cell Biology.; Sports Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Some of the most serious consequences of aging are its effects on skeletal muscle. ‘Sarcopenia’, the progressive age-related loss of muscle mass and associated muscle weakness, renders frail elders susceptible to serious injury from sudden falls and fractures and at risk for losing their functional...