Progress of Diabetes-related Sarcopenia in the Elderly (review)
ZHANG Bing
LI Wei-xin
Abstract：Sarcopenia, also known as skeletal muscle reduction, is one of the common clinical complications of old patients with diabe-tes, that may impact the quality of life, and increase the incidence of disability and mortality. The pathogenesis of sarcopenia in diabetics is not yet clear, and may associate not only the aging and malnutrition, but also the insulin resistance, chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dys-function, nerve vascular system complications, poor glycemic control, high blood glucose levels and long-term use medicine about, etc. Reg-ular exercise, balanced nutritional intake and rational use of hypoglycemic drugs can promote the recovery of muscle strength, and may im-prove the quality of life and outcome of old patients with diabetes.
Keywords：olddiabetes mellitussarcopeniareview
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1294-1297 )