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2. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Muscle weakness makes it difficult to perform everyday activities, like getting into a bathtub. Sarcopenia is the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality, and strength associated with aging. [19] The rate of muscle loss is dependent on exercise level, co-existing health conditions, nutrition and other factors.

3. Aging movement control - Wikipedia

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   Normal aging movement control in humans is about the changes in the muscles, motor neurons, nerves, sensory functions, gait, fatigue, visual and manual responses, in men and women as they get older but who do not have neurological, muscular (atrophy, dystrophy...) or neuromuscular disorder. With aging, neuromuscular movements are impaired ...

4. 10 Best Exercises for Seniors To Build Lean Muscle - AOL

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   So I've rounded up 10 of the best exercises for seniors to build lean mus. Photo: Shutterstock. ... incorporating free-weight exercises helps counteract age-related muscle loss, build lean muscle ...

5. Muscle fatigue - Wikipedia

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   Muscle fatigue is not the same as muscle weakness, though weakness is an initial symptom. Despite a normal amount of force being generated at the start of activity, once muscle fatigue has set in and progressively worsens, if the individual persists in the exercise they will eventually lose their hand grip, or become unable to lift or push with ...

6. Inclusion body myositis - Wikipedia

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   Weakness comes on slowly (over months to years) in an asymmetric manner and progresses steadily, leading to severe weakness and wasting of arm and leg muscles. IBM is more common in men than women. [10] Patients may become unable to perform activities of daily living and most require assistive devices within 5 to 10 years of symptom onset.

7. Sarcopenia - Wikipedia

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   There are many proposed causes of sarcopenia and it is likely the result of multiple interacting factors. Understanding of the causes of sarcopenia is incomplete, however, changes in hormones, immobility, age-related muscle changes, nutrition, and neurodegenerative changes have all been recognized as potential causative factors.

8. Common thyroid drug levothyroxine linked to bone mass loss - AOL

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   A recent abstract presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America suggested that levothyroxine use in people with typical hormone ranges could lead to lower bone mass ...

9. Muscle atrophy - Wikipedia

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   Muscle atrophy is the loss of skeletal muscle mass. It can be caused by immobility, aging, malnutrition, medications, or a wide range of injuries or diseases that impact the musculoskeletal or nervous system. Muscle atrophy leads to muscle weakness and causes disability.