Sarcopenia with limited mobility: An international consensus

Morley, John E., Abbatecola, Angela Marie, Argiles, Josep M., Baracos, Vickie, Bauer, Juergen, Bhasin, Shalender, Cederholm, Tommy, Coats, Andrew J. Stewart, Cummings, Steven R., Evans, William J., Fearon, Kenneth, Ferrucci, Luigi, Fielding, Roger A., Guralnik, Jack M., Harris, Tamara B., Inui, Akio, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Kirwan, Bridget-Anne, Mantovani, Giovanni, Muscaritoli, Maurizio, Newman, Anne B., Rossi-Fanelli, Filippo, Rosano, Giuseppe M. C., Roubenoff, Ronenn, Schambelan, Morris, Sokol, Gerald H., Storer, Thomas W., Vellas, Bruno, von Haehling, Stephan, Yeh, Shing-Shing and Anker, Stefan D. (2011) Sarcopenia with limited mobility: An international consensus. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 12 (6). pp. 403-409. ISSN 1538-9375

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Abstract

A consensus conference convened by the Society of Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders has concluded that "Sarcopenia, ie, reduced muscle mass, with limited mobility" should be considered an important clinical entity and that most older persons should be screened for this condition. "Sarcopenia with limited mobility" is defined as a person with muscle loss whose walking speed is equal to or less than 1 m/s or who walks less than 400 m during a 6-minute walk, and who has a lean appendicular mass corrected for height squared of 2 standard deviations or more below the mean of healthy persons between 20 and 30 years of age of the same ethnic group. The limitation in mobility should not clearly be a result of otherwise defined specific diseases of muscle, peripheral vascular disease with intermittent claudication, central and peripheral nervous system disorders, or cachexia. Clinically significant interventions are defined as an increase in the 6-minute walk of at least 50 meters or an increase of walking speed of at least 0.1 m/s.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	03 Jan 2012 16:49
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2024 01:45
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/35876
DOI:	10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.014

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