Periodicum biologorum, Vol. 115 No. 4, 2013.
Review article
Muscle loss in aging population
MARINA NIKOLIĆ
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
SNJEŽANA BAJEK
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
HELENA GLIBOTIĆ KRESINA
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
SANDRO KRESINA
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
TAMARA ŠOIĆ VRANIĆ
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
MARINA ILIĆ
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
MARIN BAJEK
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
ELIZABETA DADIĆ HERO
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
OLGA CVIJANOVIĆ
; Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Sarcopenia is a generic term for the loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality and performance associated with normal aging that can lead to frailty in the elderly. It cannot be considered a disease or a condition that has a clear diagnostic marker. However, the clearly is a decline in the average muscle mass and performance associated with senescence. Because of the great increase in the proportion of the population living long enough that frailty becomes a significant problem, there is much interest in achieving a better scientific understanding of sarcopenia. The ageing of the European population is a major public health problem for most of the industrialized western countries, and represents both a social and an economic burden for the European population.
Keywords
skeletal muscle; elderly; atrophy
Hrčak ID:
116482
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Publication date:
31.12.2013.
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