Sarcopenia in Hemiplegia.
| Autor: | Papadatou MC; National Center of Rehabilitation, Athens, Greece.; National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laboratory Research of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Greece. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls [J Frailty Sarcopenia Falls] 2020 Jun 01; Vol. 5 (2), pp. 38-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 01 (Print Publication: 2020). |
| DOI: | 10.22540/JFSF-05-038 |
| Abstrakt: | Sarcopenia is a disease characterized by quantitative and qualitative degeneration of the skeletal muscles and it primarily presents with a decline in the muscle strength. It frequently occurs in patients after a cerebrovascular accident due to a combination of various factors, such as the brain injury, structural adaptations, limited physical activity as long as malnutrition. Most of the articles and reviews concerning stroke-related sarcopenia are limited and usually are discussing about the factors and causes that may lead to the muscle wasting and the particular characteristics that distinguish it from age-related sarcopenia. As a result, even though sarcopenia is described as a medical entity, it appears to lack the attention that requires, limiting the maximum therapeutic effect a patient can obtain. Suggestions have been made concerning general treatment and management of sarcopenia, associated with exercise, diet and the use of medical preparations, lacking though disease-specific guidelines for management, treatment and possibly prevention of stroke-related sarcopenia. Nowadays, it is considered of major importance that the medical community should be properly informed and to raise awareness on this particular issue aiming to a better and holistic management of the patients after a cerebrovascular accident, in order to reduce morbidity and disability that both are sequelae that reduce quality of life. Competing Interests: The author has no conflict of interest. (Copyright: © 2020 Hylonome Publications.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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