Introduction Osteosarcopenia is the combined diagnosis of both osteoporosis and sarcopenia, both of which are conditions associated with aging . Sarcopenia is currently defined by the European Working Group on…
Introduction Modern medicine has managed to increase human lifespan by finding better treatments for diseases that at one time were incurable. Diseases like smallpox, carried by the variola virus, killed…
Acknowledgment This work was supported, in part, by grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States (R01 AI108907, R42AG054322, U54 AG062333, and R21 AG059742), and funding from Irma and…
Introduction As discussed in prior chapters, osteosarcopenia is a geriatric syndrome resulting in falls and fractures as two of its common manifestations. Falls and fractures are consistently among the most…
Introduction Osteosarcopenia is an entity relatively unknown to the medical sciences, but an old notion to the body composition analysis studies. In 1989, Zheng and Rosenberg first introduced the term…
Background Osteosarcopenia is the concurrent occurrence of osteoporosis and sarcopenia which may be worsen with advancing age . Several clinical or research tools have been developed to identify these two…
Funding This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants P01 AG062413 (J.N.F.), R21 AG065868 (J.N.F), K01 AR070241 (J.N.F.), as well as a High-Risk Pilot Award (J.N.F.) and…
Introduction Organisms undergo growth and development. They give birth to new individuals and multiply. They respond to internal and external stimuli to adapt to their environment and sustain life. They…
