Health Management for Older Adults III - Strength in the Elderly -- Loss of Strength

< i > Strength in the Elderly -- Loss of Strength

A rather graphic term -- "scar-co-pen-ia" -- is being used today to describe this muscle wasting and the associated loss of strength. This is a Greek word meaning "vanishing flesh."

Scarcopenia is, of course, not a disease. It is an unavoidable consequence of getting old -- something we all face sooner or later.