亚洲肌少症研究进展

Sarcopenia: current status of researches in Asia

摘要:

增龄引起肌肉的质量和力量逐渐下降，容易引发老年人失能、跌倒等不良结局，增加住院率、护理机构入住率和死亡率等。随着老龄化社会的到来，肌少症相关研究日益受到重视，其诊断标准、筛查流程等不断完善。本文对亚洲肌少症的研究现况进行总结。

Abstract:

Progressive decline in skeletal muscle mass and strength is associated with aging, and usually leads to poor outcomes of disability and fall in senior adults, as well as increases admission rates, institutional dwelling rates and clinical mortality. With the coming of aging society, more and more attentions were paid to researches on sarcopenia. Its diagnostic criteria and screening flow sheet have been improved. In this paper, we concluded the current status of the researches on sarcopenia in Asia.