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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION HEALTH & AGING
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages 433-450Publisher
SPRINGER FRANCE
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982704
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Sarcopenia is a loss of muscle protein mass and loss Of muscle function. It occurs with increasing age, being a major component in the development of frailty. Current knowledge on its assessment, etiology, pathogenesis, consequences and future perspectives are reported in the present review. On-going and future clinical trials on sarcopenia may radically change our preventive and therapeutic approaches of mobility disability in older people.
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