Open AccessBedrest and sarcopenia
Author(s) -
Robert H. Coker,
Robert R. Wolfe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.21
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1473-6519
pISSN - 1363-1950
DOI - 10.1097/mco.0b013e32834da629
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , medicine , intensive care medicine , etiology , population , muscle mass , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , environmental health
The primary focus of this review is to characterize the physiological elements of sarcopenia. In addition, we will also describe the impact of bedrest on sarcopenia and how various countermeasures may be able to offset the deleterious clinical consequences of unanticipated bedrest or hospitalization. It is well known that the aging process presents many challenges to the maintenance of overall health. With the increasing rate of obesity and the potentially simultaneous development of sarcopenia, bedrest presents a difficult clinical challenge to the elderly individual.