▶️ Community dwelling /67 yo! Incidence of #sarcopenia 4.6% men and 7.9% women! Lesson: Need early testing grip/ other strength
🔽 Grip strength assoc. w/ longer & more hospitalizations
More....Thread: Sarcopenia in #Aging
{from Brit MODIS Jan 2018:{Movement disorders in #ageing}
Speaker Miles Witham: #Sarcopenia, #Frailty & #HeartFailure ––
♦️knock on effects across multiple organ/ body systems
♦️absent other factors, frail w/same prognosis
cc #MSKAging
More...Thread: Sarcopenia in #Aging
Via Brit MODIS:Jan 2018 movement disorders in #ageing#aging
Symptom: Exercise Intolerance
Q: How much is due to #HeartFailure, how much to #sarcopenia?
{We know EX works with CHF}
Q: RX HF+Sarcopenia w/exercise rehabilitation too? #MSKAging
Key: Test early ––in middle age, 50-70 ie #boomers BEFORE the last third of life when mom/dad/grandma/grandpa have already fallen. For #millennials + Gen X they need to exercise as if they're still in high school: adult sports, gym, on the trails and w/ weights. #100YearLifespan
Cont...#sarcopenia
QOL related to #fear of falling & #hipfracture in #olderwomen bmj.com/content/320/72…
MQ"Nearly all women would trade off remainder life expectancy to avoid admission to a nursing home. 80% respondents said that they would rather be dead."