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Sarcopenia in the elderly

Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2008

Abstract

A significant role in reducing self-sufficiency is played by biological age-included loss of skeletal muscle - involution sarcopenia. It is characterized by decreased musclestrength due to degeneration, atrophy and involution of muscle fibers, reduced synthesis of muscle proteins and jmitochondiral dysfunction.