Nutritional Strategies for Diseases Associated with Muscle Injuries
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 April 2024) | Viewed by 6738
Special Issue Editors
Interests: older people; sarcopenia; geriatrics; muscle
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the ageing of populations worldwide, problems ranging from the accumulation of deficits and chronic diseases, to polypharmacy malnutrition and the loss of function and independence are growing. In all the aforementioned, skeletal muscle plays a central role. Recent decades have shown an increase in the interest of researchers and clinicians in muscular physiology and pathophysiology. It has been demonstrated that sarcopenia is linked, on one hand, to low-grade inflammation, and on the other hand, to an increased risk of clinical complications including increased cardiovascular risk and increased risk of fatal events. On the functional plane, muscular insufficiency is related to frailty syndrome and dependence, and has a bidirectional association with nutrition. This broad spectrum of important interrelations makes it necessary to fill in all possible existing knowledge gaps. From the basic science side, the process of ageing of the muscle still needs better elucidation, especially when the role of mitochondria in the process is concerned. The role of nutrition (from nutritional assessment through interactions between foodstuffs and physiology of the skeletal muscle, to nutritional intervention) is of paramount importance, especially in the view of the epidemic of obese sarcopenia in older persons. This brings up the issue of translational aspects, integrating the advances in our understanding of physiology and pathophysiology of the muscle tissue with the clinically relevant actions, that might improve the muscle mass, architecture, and function, and thus, benefit our patients. To this end, together with Nutrients, we are glad to open up the submission process to this Special Issue dedicated to muscular health.
Prof. Dr. Jerzy Gasowski
Dr. Karolina Piotrowicz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- skeletal muscle
- sarcopenia
- nutritional intervention
- older persons
- muscle Injuries
- muscular health
