Frailty and Sarcopenia Onset, Development and Clinical Challenges

• अन्य लेखक: Dionyssiotis, Yannis (संपादक)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: IntechOpen 2017
• विषय: Orthopaedics & fractures; cachexia, biomarkers, epidemiology, aging, cardiovascular disease, rehabilitation
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Frailty is considered a multisystem impairment that makes an individual vulnerable to external or internal stressors. Sarcopenia, the age-dependent loss of muscle mass and function, is proposed as the biological substrate and the pathway whereby the consequences of physical frailty develop. These sy...