Sarcopenia- Age-Related Muscle Wasting and Weakness

Gordon S. Lynch: Sarcopenia- Age-Related Muscle Wasting and Weakness: Mechanisms and Treatmentsというサルコペニアの書籍を紹介します。Googleブックである程度、中身を見ることができます。

http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=a5JZMRkU7EkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

昨年出版された書籍で購入しようかどうか昨年度末に迷っていたのですが結局、購入しませんでした…。でも最近の論文までよく引用、検討されているようですので、Googleブックで読める範囲はなるべく読んでみようかと思っています。

この書籍のタイトルにあるように、サルコペニアといえば加齢による筋肉量と筋力の低下を意味するという考え方が最も主流になっています。リハ栄養の臨床的には広義のサルコペニアの考え方が最も有用ですが、なかなかそれが主流になることはなさそうです。

本の紹介
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 ultimately reverse sarcopenia. Significant research and development in academic and research institutions and in pharmaceutical companies is being directed to sarcopenia and to related health issues in order to develop and evaluate novel therapeutics.This book provides the latest information on sarcopenia from leading international researchers studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying age-related changes in skeletal muscle and identifies strategies to combat sarcopenia and related muscle wasting conditions and neuromuscular disorders. The book provides a vital resource for researchers and practitioners alike, with information relevant to gerontologists, geriatricians, sports medicine physicians, physiologists, neuroscientists, cell biologists, endocrinologists, physical therapists, allied health and musculoskeletal practitioners, strength and conditioning specialists, athletic trainers, and students of the medical and biomedical sciences.