The rising tsunami of poor muscle health and sarcopenia in Asia-Pacific: Time for focused attention and targeted interventions

Chew STH 1 , Nguyen HTT 2 , Joshi S 3 , Kamaruzzaman SB 4 , Landi F 5 , Manuel MV 6 Show all authors , Moral PG 7 , Muangpaisan W 8 , Nangia V 9 , Setiati S 10 , Yoshimura Y 11 , Yu S 12 , Maier AB 13

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  • 1 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; SingHealth Duke-NUS Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, Singapore
  • 2 Vietnam National Heart Institute, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam
  • 3 Department of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
  • 4 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 5 Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Rome 00168, Italy
  • 6 St. Luke's Medical Center-Quezon City, Quezon City, Philippines; St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City, Taguig, Philippines
  • 7 Center for Respiratory Medicine, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines
  • 8 Division of Geriatrics, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 9 Medanta Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences, Gurugram, India
  • 10 Geriatric Division, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 11 Center for Sarcopenia and Nutrition Research, Kumamoto Rehabilitation Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
  • 12 Aged and Extended Care Services (AECS), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia; Adelaide Geriatrics Training and Research with Aged Care (GTRAC) Centre, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 13 Centre for Healthy Longevity, @AgeSingapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: a.maier@nus.edu.sg
Arch Gerontol Geriatr, 2024 Feb;117:105275.
PMID: 37988852 DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2023.105275

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