Open AccessRapid screening for sarcopenia
Author(s) -
Morley John E.,
Cao Li
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.803
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 2190-6009
pISSN - 2190-5991
DOI - 10.1002/jcsm.12079
Subject(s) - sarcopenia , bioelectrical impedance analysis , medicine , cachexia , wasting , skeletal muscle , muscle mass , magnetic resonance imaging , body mass index , lean body mass , physical medicine and rehabilitation , body weight , radiology , cancer
The four major comments of muscle wasting disease are cachexia, sarcopenia, malnutrition and congenital.1,2 Of these, the most common is sarcopenia.3–7 Since sarcopenia is a clinical situation which causes various adverse outcomes, including immobility, falls, disability and death in older people 8–13, the importance of recognizing and treating sarcopenia has been recognized by providing an ICD-10 code for sarcopenia.