Sarcopenia- age-related muscle wasting and weakness : mechanisms and treatments /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Science+Business Media B.V., c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 479 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Muscular atrophy. Muscles -- Diseases -- Age factors. Muscular atrophy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896492

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Other authors / contributors:	Lynch, Gordon S.
ISBN:	9789048197132 (electronic bk.) 9048197139 (electronic bk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Some of the most serious consequences of aging are its effects on skeletal muscle. 'Sarcopenia', the progressive age-related loss of muscle mass and associated muscle weakness, renders frail elders susceptible to serious injury from sudden falls and fractures and at risk for losing their functional independence. Not surprisingly, sarcopenia is a significant public health problem throughout the developed world. There is an urgent need to better understand the neuromuscular mechanisms underlying age-related muscle wasting and to develop therapeutic strategies that can attenuate, prevent, or ulti.

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