ReviewClinical interventions in aging2024
Obstacles to the Early Diagnosis and Management of Sarcopenia: Current Perspectives.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prediction models for sarcopenia in older adults in China: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of Bimagrumab on body composition: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Pooled it
- Association between the systemic immune-inflammation index and sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of resistance training in modulating inflammatory biomarkers among Asian patients with sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Protein-enriched oral nutritional supplements on muscle function in middle-aged and elderly women: A randomized controlled trial.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Trial
- Colon Capsule Endoscopy-Measured Colonic Transit Time Is Associated with Frailty in Older Adults.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Rethinking sarcopenia: a conceptual shift towards a muscle health continuum.European geriatric medicine · 2026Review
- AI-driven predictive modeling of sarcopenia progression in limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy: a novel biomarker fusion approach.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Association Between Non-traditional Lipid Indices and Sarcopenia: Evidence from a Prospective Chinese Cohort Study.Current medical science · 2026Article
- Skeletal muscle index and hand grip strength as predictors of postoperative recovery in patients with gastrointestinal tumors.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Observational
- Cost-effectiveness of opportunistic CT versus clinical methods for sarcopenia screening.Skeletal radiology · 2026Article
- The prevalence and influencing factors of dynapenia among middle-aged and elderly individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Smartphone video-based knee extension moments during chair rise relate to MRI measures of muscle function.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- The sarcopenia conundrum: why muscle ultrasound does (or does not) have a future.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Physical Performance, Sarcopenia and Malnutrition-Basic Test Set for Everyday Use in Cancer Therapy.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- Validation of a markerless motion capture app for automated scoring of sit-to-stand, timed up and go, and short physical performance battery tests in adults with chronic disease.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Tensiomyography-derived contractile parameters in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic older adults.Frontiers in aging · 2026Article
- Negative impact of reduced exocrine pancreatic function on sarcopenia risk in the asymptomatic general population.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Exercise Interventions to Address Sarcopenia in People with Multiple Myeloma: A Scoping Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- AI-Enhanced Lower Extremity X-Ray Segmentation: A Promising Tool for Sarcopenia Diagnosis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Research in sarcopenia has grown exponentially over the last 15 years in geriatrics and gerontology, as well as other specialties, including oncology and hepatology. There is now strong evidence for the role of resistance exercise to prevent declines in muscle strength and function, especially when combined with nutritional optimization with protein supplementation. However, there remains a disparity between research evidence and clinical practice. There are multiple factors for this, which relate to the current diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia, practical and logistical aspects of diagnosis of sarcopenia, clinician knowledge of both diagnosis and management, and the availability of pathways for interventions. Sarcopenia is currently defined based on the identification of muscle strength, in combination with muscle size or quality, below cut-off thresholds at a single timepoint. This defines sarcopenia as a binary process of either present or not present, thus early diagnosis can be challenging. In this article, we summarize current obstacles to early diagnosis and management of sarcopenia in clinical practice, and make recommendations to how these might be overcome. This includes our recommendation of incorporation of handgrip strength measurement into standard care, to enable dynamic assessment and identification of early declines in handgrip strength, so that interventions can be implemented to prevent disability.
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