Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment

Clinical and research interest in sarcopenia has burgeoned internationally, Asia included. The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2014 consensus defined sarcopenia as “age-related loss of muscle mass, plus low muscle strength, and/or low physical performance” and specified cutoffs for each diagnostic component; research in Asia consequently flourished, prompting this update. AWGS 2019 retains the previous definition of sarcopenia but revises the diagnostic al gorithm, protocols, and some criteria: low muscle strength is defined as handgrip strength

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 3, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Liang-Kung Chen, Jean Woo, Prasert Assantachai, Tung-Wai Auyeung, Ming-Yueh Chou, Katsuya Iijima, Hak Chul Jang, Lin Kang, Miji Kim, Sunyoung Kim, Taro Kojima, Masafumi Kuzuya, Jenny S.W. Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Wei-Ju Lee, Yunhwan Lee, Chih-Kuang Liang, Jae- Tags: Special Article Source Type: research