The MUnich SArcopenia Registry (MUSAR)
Tausendfreund, O.; Ferrari, U.; Held, C.; Martini, S.; Mueller, K.; Reif, H.; Rippl, M.; Schluessel, S.; Schmidmaier, R.; Drey, M. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025 · Heft 3 · S. 197 bis 202
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Zusammenfassung
In order to improve functional ability as one of the main goals of the World Health Organization baseline report “Decade of healthy ageing” the diagnosis and treatment of sarcopenia play an important role [1]. Sarcopenia is defined as progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass with a simultaneous reduction in muscle strength and/or function [2]. Sarcopenia not only poses a risk for loss of activities of daily living, negatively impacting the quality of life but is also associated with a high risk of falls, fractures, hospitalization and mortality [2].Despite its presumably high prevalence, awareness of sarc…
