Sarcopenia
By: editors, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft and John Morley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781119975878
Subjects: Physiopathology; Aging; Sarcopenia; Physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology of muscle mass loss with age / Marjolein Visser; title: Definitions of sarcopenia / John E. Morley and Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft; title: Muscle biology and mTORC1 signaling in aging / Blake B. Rasmussen and Elena Volpi; title: The role of the nervous system in muscle atrophy / Minal Bhanushali ... [et al.]; title: Nutrition, protein turnover, and muscle mass / Stephane Walrand, Christelle Guillet, and Yves Boirie; title: The complex relation between muscle mass and muscle strength / Todd M. Manini, David W. Russ, and Brian C. Clark; title: Is sarcopenia a geriatric syndrome? / Jean-Pierre Michel and Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft; title: Adverse outcomes and functional consequences of sarcopenia / David R. Thomas; title: A lifecourse approach to sarcopenia / Avan Aihie Sayer; title: Cachexia and sarcopenia / Maurizio Muscaritoli, Simone Lucia, and Filippo Rossi Fanelli; title: Sarcopenia and frailty / Cornel C. Sieber; title: Sarcopenia, osteoporosis, and fractures / Tommy Cederholm; title: Sarcopenic obesity / Mauro Zamboni, Andrea P. Rossi, and Elena Zoico; title: Imaging of skeletal muscle / Thomas F. Lang; title: Measurements of muscle mass, equations, and cut-off points / Marjolein Visser and Laura Schaap; title: Measurement of muscle strength and power / Michael Drey and Jurgen M. Bauer; title: Measurements of physical performance / Rolland Yves, Abellan van Kan, and Cesari Matteo; title: Exercise interventions to improve sarcopenia / Mark D. Peterson and Jose A. Serra; title: Nutritional approaches to treating sarcopenia / Douglas Paddon-Jones and Luc van Loon; title: The future of drug treatments / Francesco Landi, Yves Rolland, and Graziano Onder; title: Sarcopenia : is it preventable? / Maurits Vandewoude and Ivan Bautmans.