Assessment of lower extremity muscle mass, muscle strength, and exercise therapy in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus

Assessment of lower extremity muscle mass, muscle strength, and exercise therapy in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus

Abstract The increase in the proportion of elderly people in the population is one of the most remarkable sociodemographic phenomena of the twenty-first century. The number of patients with diabetes is also increasing worldwide with this demographic change. Given these facts, consideration of the pr...

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Main Authors: Takuo Nomura, Toshihiro Kawae, Hiroaki Kataoka, Yukio Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Komiyama Printing Co. Ltd 2018-05-01
Series:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Diabetes
Elderly
Muscle
Strength
Aging
Sarcopenia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12199-018-0710-7

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