Frailty and Sarcopenia Onset, Development and Clinical Challenges

• その他の著者: Dionyssiotis, Yannis (編集者)
• フォーマット: 電子媒体 図書の章
• 言語: 英語
• 出版事項: IntechOpen 2017
• 主題: Orthopaedics & fractures; cachexia, biomarkers, epidemiology, aging, cardiovascular disease, rehabilitation
• オンライン･アクセス: 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...