Sarcopenia: The Impact on Health and Disease
A special issue of Muscles (ISSN 2813-0413).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 3634
Special Issue Editors
Interests: diabetes mellitus; diabetic foot; diabetes complications; diabetes mellitus treatment; internal medicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sarcopenia is a clinical condition associated with a progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. According to the existing literature, this condition may be linked to aging, as well as appear in many other chronic medical conditions and diseases. As sarcopenia may lead to adverse outcomes such as hospitalization, disability, and increased mortality and morbidity, it is important to diagnose and monitor it in everyday clinical practice. In addition, it seems that further research is needed to shed more light on the pathophysiology of this intriguing issue and the possible interplay between sarcopenia and other medical conditions. It is also imperative for the scientific community to investigate and validate prevention and intervention measures concerning sarcopenia.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality research papers and review articles to address the current knowledge concerning the impact of low muscle mass and sarcopenia on health and disease. The topics should cover the following aspects:
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia in a geriatric population;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia in chronic diseases;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia in infections;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia in malignancies;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia and frailty syndrome;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia in metabolic diseases and diabetes mellitus;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia in respiratory diseases;
- Muscle mass/sarcopenia and polypharmacy.
Original, high-quality contributions that have not yet been published or that are not currently under review by another journal are welcome.
Dr. Nikolaos Papanas
Dr. Nikolaos D. Karakousis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sarcopenia
- frailty
- low muscle mass
- vulnerability
- chronic diseases
- metabolic diseases
- diabetes mellitus
- infection
- autoimmune diseases
- malignancies
- respiratory diseases
- polypharmacy
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