The prevalence of sarcopenia and relationships between muscle and bone in ageing West‐African Gambian men and women

• Main Authors: Ayse Zengin (Author), Landing M. Jarjou (Author), Ann Prentice (Author), Cyrus Cooper (Author), Peter R. Ebeling (Author), Kate A. Ward (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The rapidly rising ageing population in low and middle‐income countries (LMIC) will lead to a concurrent increase in musculoskeletal diseases. Sarcopenia is a disease caused by progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, leading to adverse outcomes including frailty, f...