An animal model of co-existing sarcopenia and osteoporotic fracture in senescence accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8).

This study validated an animal model of co-existing sarcopenia and osteoporotic fracture, where a delayed fracture healing might be resulted in the presence of sarcopenia. PMID: 28711604 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28711604?dopt=Abstract

Source: Experimental Gerontology - July 12, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Zhang N, Chow SKH, Leung KS, Lee HH, Cheung WH Tags: Exp Gerontol Source Type: research