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ReviewDer Internist2019

[Diagnosis and therapy of sarcopenia-an update].

S Goisser, R Kob, C C Sieber, J M Bauer

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Review in Der Internist, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. [Nutrition in old age-key to maintaining functionality and quality of life].Procare : das forbildungsmagazin fur pflegeberufe · 2022
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  8. [Nutrition in old age-key to maintaining functionality and quality of life].Der Gastroenterologe : Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

S GoisserNetzwerk AlternsfoRschung (NAR) der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland. sabine.goisser@bethanien-heidelberg.de.
R KobInstitut für Biomedizin des Alterns (IBA), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Deutschland.
C C SieberInstitut für Biomedizin des Alterns (IBA), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Deutschland.
J M BauerNetzwerk AlternsfoRschung (NAR) der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Deutschland.
Agaplesion Bethanien Krankenhaus · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEHeidelberg University · DEKantonsspital Winterthur · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2016 sarcopenia, the age-associated loss of muscle mass, strength and function, has the ICD-10-GM code M62.50 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, German Modification). The diagnosis of sarcopenia requires the combined presence of low muscle strength and low muscle mass. Well-established approaches for the prevention and therapy of sarcopenia are exercise programs-in particular strength, endurance and power training-and nutritional interventions, preferably a combination of both. Adequate protein intake is considered highly relevant, while the role of other nutrients involved in muscle metabolism (e. g. creatine, vitamin D, antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids) is less clear, being still the subject of controversial discussions. Innovative pharmacological therapies are currently under investigation and their future relevance for this indication is unclear. In general, it has to be stated that there are still only few intervention studies available that focused specifically on sarcopenia in older individuals. More studies in this rapidly increasing population are urgently needed.

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ExerciseNutrition TherapyAgedAged, 80 and overAgingDietary ProteinsDietary SupplementsExercise TherapyHumansMuscle StrengthSarcopeniaVitamin DDietary ProteinsVitamin DExerciseMuscle strengthNutrition therapyProteinsSarcopenia/drug therapy

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PMID30673824
OpenAlexW2911774568

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