肌肉減少症
肌肉減少症(英語:Sarcopenia)又稱肌少症,是指骨骼肌在質量(mass)、品質(quality)和強度(strength)上隨著年齡或不活動產生退化性損失。此術語的英文是來自希臘語:σάρξ(肉體)和πενία(貧乏)。肌肉減少症是老化或退化過程,50歲以後每年有0.5-1%的損失。可以通過病理和行為因素如營養不足加速。肌少症是衰弱症的一個構成要素[1]。
肌少症的診斷標準有許多要件,臨床上特別關注四肢骨骼肌質量(appendicular skeletal muscle mass,ASM)[2],以其指數 ASMI(ASM/身高2)為診斷肌少症的要件之一,若個體骨骼肌質量低於健康成人平均值兩個標準差以上,則要件成立;以亞洲人種來說,即男性 ASMI <7.0 kg/m2,女性 <5.4 kg/m2[3]。
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運動
由於高齡且肌少症患者,除了肌肉質量與功能的減退,常並發肺活量下降、日常生活活動功能損失,因此阻力運動、有氧運動、柔軟度運動三者必須兼顧;若另有易跌倒傾向,則必須加入平衡運動。
營養
增補劑
參考資料
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延伸閱讀
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