An overview of sarcopenia: facts and numbers on prevalence and clinical impact
Open Access
- 17 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
- Vol. 1 (2), 129-133
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13539-010-0014-2
Abstract
Human muscle undergoes constant changes. After about age 50, muscle mass decreases at an annual rate of 1–2%. Muscle strength declines by 1.5% between ages 50 and 60 and by 3% thereafter. The reason...This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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