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Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis

Public health strategies designed to accomodate the ever-increasing human lifespan are urgently required. A good clinical understanding of frailty, as well as knowledge regarding how to prevent it, will therefore be required in order to overcome this challenge. Sarcopenia is an important component o...

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Autores principales: Ji, Hyung-Min, Han, Jun, Won, Ye-Yeon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Hip Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4972629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27536606
http://dx.doi.org/10.5371/hp.2015.27.2.72
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Sumario:Public health strategies designed to accomodate the ever-increasing human lifespan are urgently required. A good clinical understanding of frailty, as well as knowledge regarding how to prevent it, will therefore be required in order to overcome this challenge. Sarcopenia is an important component of the frailty syndrome, and its association with osteoporosis can lead to fractures and incident disability. Therefore, this review examined the literatuire pertaining to the association of sarcopenia with osteoporosis in order to assess preventive strategies.