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Nutrition and Exercise in Sarcopenia.

Overview of attention for article published in Current Protein & Peptide Science, January 2018
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Title
Nutrition and Exercise in Sarcopenia.
Published in
Current Protein & Peptide Science, January 2018
DOI 10.2174/1389203717666161227144349
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Authors

Stephen D Anton, Azumi Hida, Robert Mankowski, Andrew Layne, Laurence M Solberg, Arch G Mainous, Thomas Buford

Abstract

Sarcopenia is a debilitating condition that involves loss of muscle mass and function, which affects virtually everyone as they age, and can lead to frailty and ultimately disability. In growing recognition of the importance of both muscle strength and muscle mass relative to body size in contributing to functional decline, recent definitions have now incorporated grip strength and a correction for body mass as part of the key criteria that define sarcopenia. With this new definition, a much larger population of older adults are now at risk of sarcopenia. In the present article, we reviewed the literature for studies which tested the effects of diet or exercise interventions on changes in lean mass and/or functional outcomes in individuals with either sarcopenia and/or frailty and identified 19 clinical trials. There were a few key findings. First, dietary interventions involving protein supplementation improved functional and/or strength outcomes in a few trials, however, other dietary approaches were less effective. Exercise interventions and combined diet and exercise interventions produced consistent improvements in lower body muscle strength but had less consistent effects on walking speed and grip strength. Lifestyle interventions not involving calorie restriction generally did not induce significant changes in body composition. There were a limited number of trials in which participants with sarcopenia were specifically targeted, and thus there is an important need for more research to determine the appropriate types of intervention approaches for the high risk population of sarcopenic older adults.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 190 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 12%
Student > Master 22 12%
Researcher 19 10%
Student > Bachelor 13 7%
Student > Postgraduate 11 6%
Other 30 16%
Unknown 72 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 36 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 8%
Sports and Recreations 14 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 3%
Other 20 11%
Unknown 88 46%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 May 2023.
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#1,041,853
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Current Protein & Peptide Science
#5
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#23,872
of 449,550 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Protein & Peptide Science
#1
of 45 outputs
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