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

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/116482

Publication date:

31.12.2013.

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