【Abstract】Sarcopenia is a group of syndromes characterized by age-related declines in skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function, which leads to a series of adverse outcomes such as falls, frailty, disability, and even death in the elderly. It also poses a significant burden on healthcare systems. Currently, there is no specific medication for sarcopenia, and exercise intervention is mainly used for its prevention and treatment. In this article, we reviewed the pathophysiological mechanism of exercise intervention and the recommendations for forms, intensity, and frequency of exercise for the elderly with sarcopenia in order to provide guidance for its prevention and treatment in clinical practice.
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFC3603400,2023YFC3603404), the Youth Programme of Beijing Hospital Management Center (QML20230818), the Open Project of Training Fund for Clinical Institutes and Departments of Capital Medical University (CCMU2022ZKYXZ007), the Pilot Project of Welfare Development and Reform of Beijing Municipal Public Medical Research Institutes (JYY2023-13) and the Construction Project for High-level Public Health Technical Talents (Discipline Backbone-03-14).
