Sarcopenia and Neurosurgery.
10.3340/jkns.2014.56.2.79
- Author:
Seung Won PARK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. nspsw@cau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Aging;
Muscles;
Sarcopenia;
Consensus;
Stroke;
Spine
- MeSH:
Aging;
Brain;
Consensus;
Diagnosis;
Human Body;
Muscles;
Neurosurgery*;
Sarcopenia*;
Spine;
Stroke
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2014;56(2):79-85
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Aging process can be characterized as a spontaneous decrease of function in various organs with age. Muscle, as a big organ of human body, undergoes aging process presenting with loss of muscle mass, "sarcopenia". Recently, several working groups have tried to make consensus about sarcopenia for definition and diagnosis. Muscle mass is known to be closely related with bone, brain, fat, cardiovascular and metabolic systems. With increased understanding, clinical and basic researches about sarcopenia have been also increased rapidly from various areas of health science and technology. In this paper, the history and recent concepts of sarcopenia were reviewed and brief discussion of its prospect in the field of neurosurgery was done.
