 Sarcopenia
"Sarcopenia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.
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D055948
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.613.612.500 C23.300.070.500.500 C23.888.592.608.612.500
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sarcopenia".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sarcopenia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in Profiles.
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Iriarte E, Erlandson KM. Interventions and opportunities to enhance aging among people with HIV: a focus on frailty, sarcopenia, and intrinsic capacity. Top Antivir Med. 2026 Jul 16; 34(3):554-560.
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Oliveira VHF, Dos Santos AP, Kulik GL, Horvat Davey C, Iriarte E, Jones R, Wilson MP, Khuu V, Ghosh D, Mawhinney S, Jankowski CM, Cook P, Erlandson KM, Webel AR. Frailty phenotype transitions and functional improvements during a supervised exercise trial in older people with HIV: results from the HEALTH Trial. Age Ageing. 2026 Jul 02; 55(7).
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Perkisas S, Brockhattingen KK, Jiménez EL, Harris-Love MO, Bastijns S, De Cock AM, Ariën F, Chung CYJ, Longueville L, Andersen-Ranberg K, Smedemark SA, Soler PA. Rethinking sarcopenia: a conceptual shift towards a muscle health continuum. Eur Geriatr Med. 2026 Jun; 17(3):1095-1109.
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Boster JM, Conover KR, Taylor SA. Management of Children Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Sarcopenia, Cholestasis and Beyond. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 11; 29(7):e70193.
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Witham MD, McDonald C, Wilson N, Rennie KJ, Bardgett M, Bradley P, Clegg AP, Connolly S, Hancock H, Hiu S, Nicholson K, Robertson L, Simms L, Steel AJ, Steves CJ, Storey B, Wason J, von Zglinicki T, Sayer AA. Metformin and physical performance in older people with probable sarcopenia and physical prefrailty or frailty in England (MET-PREVENT): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2025 Mar; 6(3):100695.
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Baim-Lance A, Cooley S, Yoo-Jeong M, Ances B, Duque G, Ellis RJ, Flexner C, Pence BW, Plankey M, Mullins JD, Sun J, Thames AD, Margolick JB, Moore DJ, Erlandson KM. Current Challenges, Solutions, and Novel Directions in Research and Clinical Care: Proceedings From the 14th Annual International Workshop on HIV and Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 12 11; 80(1).
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Camera A, Tabetah M, Castañeda V, Kim J, Galsinh AS, Haro-Vinueza A, Salinas I, Seylani A, Arif S, Das S, Mori MA, Carano A, de Oliveira LC, Muratani M, Barker R, Zaksas V, Goel C, Dimokidis E, Taylor DM, Jeong J, Overbey E, Meydan C, Porterfield DM, Díaz JE, Caicedo A, Schisler JC, Laiakis EC, Mason CE, Kim MS, Karouia F, Szewczyk NJ, Beheshti A. Aging and putative frailty biomarkers are altered by spaceflight. Sci Rep. 2024 06 11; 14(1):13098.
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Balanta-Melo J, Jones AJ, Novinger LJ, Moore MG, Bonetto A. Masseter muscle thickness is predictive of cancer cachexia in patients with head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2024 11; 46(11):2678-2686.
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Foessl I, Ackert-Bicknell CL, Kague E, Laskou F, Jakob F, Karasik D, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Alonso N, Bjørnerem Å, Brandi ML, Busse B, Calado Â, Cebi AH, Christou M, Curran KM, Hald JD, Semeraro MD, Douni E, Duncan EL, Duran I, Formosa MM, Gabet Y, Ghatan S, Gkitakou A, Hassler EM, Högler W, Heino TJ, Hendrickx G, Khashayar P, Kiel DP, Koromani F, Langdahl B, Lopes P, Mäkitie O, Maurizi A, Medina-Gomez C, Ntzani E, Ohlsson C, Prijatelj V, Rabionet R, Reppe S, Rivadeneira F, Roshchupkin G, Sharma N, Søe K, Styrkarsdottir U, Szulc P, Teti A, Tobias J, Valjevac A, van de Peppel J, van der Eerden B, van Rietbergen B, Zekic T, Zillikens MC. A perspective on muscle phenotyping in musculoskeletal research. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2024 06; 35(6):478-489.
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Wisniewski AM, Young SD, Do-Nguyen CC, Hawkins RB, Romano MP, Teman NR, Ailawadi G. Impact of Frailty in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jan-Feb; 19(1):64-71.
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