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ReviewNutrients2020

Sarcopenia: A Contemporary Health Problem among Older Adult Populations.

Sousana K Papadopoulou

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Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 316 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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316citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
27.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

316 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 543 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Impact of sarcopenia on outcomes following lumbar spine surgery for degenerative disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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256 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sousana K PapadopoulouDepartment of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6408-6128
International Hellenic University · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenia, a geriatric disease characterized by a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and loss of muscle function, constitutes a rising, often undiagnosed health problem. Its prevalence in the elderly population is largely considered variable, as it ranges from 5% to 50% depending on gender, age, pathological conditions as well as diagnostic criteria. There is no one unified approach of treatment or assessment, which makes sarcopenia even harder to assess. There is a pressing need to provide better diagnosis, diagnostics, prevention, and individualized health care. Physical activity and nutrition are the main studied ways to prevent sarcopenia, and they also offer better outcomes. This review aims to report the prevalence of sarcopenia in older adults, its etiology, prevention, and treatment techniques.

Indexed as

Nutritional StatusAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsEatingElder Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaExerciseFemaleFrailtyGeriatric AssessmentHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalPrecision MedicinePrevalenceSarcopeniaexercisefrailtymuscle massnutritionolder adultssarcopeniasupplements

Identifiers

PMID32370051
PMCPMC7282252
OpenAlexW3023973595

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