| Abstrakt: |
The epidemiology and the clinical characteristics of three entities that lead to dysmobility, falls and fractures (osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and frailty) are reviewed. Osteoporosis is a worldwide health problem causing bone fragility and fractures. Sarcopenia is an ageassociated decline of skeletal muscle mass and function. Frailty results from the accumulation of age-related deficits in different physiological systems and is a clinical state that leads to greater SARCOPENIA, OSTEOPOROSIS AND FRAILTY. A TRIAD COMES OF AGE ARIEL SÁNCHEZ,1 MARITZA VIDAL,2 LUIS FERNANDO VIDAL NEIRA,2, 3, 4 OSVALDO D. MESSINA5 1) Director, Center of Endocrinology, Rosario, Argentina; 2) Centro de Diagnóstico de Osteoporosis y Enfermedades Reumáticas (CEDOR), Lima, Peru; 3) Hospital María Auxiliadora, Lima, Peru; 4) International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), Nyon, Switzerland; 5) Chief, Rheumatology Service, Hospital Argerich; Director, Rheumatologic and Osteological Investigations Ltd., Buenos Aires, Argentina. risks of adverse health outcomes, such as falls, fractures, hospitalizations, loss of independence, and death. The three entities have a common denominator (aging), but they can be secondary to other diseases. There are patients presenting with all three pathologies, which should be properly identified by the treating physicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
