Understanding Sarcopenia and Aging

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What is sarcopenia?

  • A disorder caused by altered hormone concentrations
  • A syndrome characterized by increased inflammation
  • A disease caused by alpha-motor neuron death
  • A condition characterized by loss of muscle mass and function in later life (correct)

What is the most effective intervention to reduce the impact of sarcopenia?

  • Increased inflammation
  • Pharmaceutical interventions
  • Altered hormone concentrations
  • Resistance training (correct)

What causes sarcopenia?

  • Altered hormone concentrations
  • Increased inflammation
  • Alpha-motor neuron death
  • All of the above (correct)

Why have pharmaceutical interventions to treat sarcopenia not been effective to date?

<p>They do not address the associated age-related changes within muscle (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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