title: [Approaches to sarcopenia].
abstract: Frailty is one of the features of geriatric syndrome, and the prevention from frailty and sarcopenia is a major problem in elderly population. Recent findings suggest that sarcopenia is caused by multiple processes that may involve decreased hormone levels, malnutrition, inflammatory status. Nutritional, pharmacological intervention and exercise training may be promising candidates for the treatment of sarcopenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Sumito
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ouchi
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000378:metabolism; D011788:Quality of Life; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones