Abstract:BackgroundIn accordance with the updated recommendations of the EWGSOP (2018), sarcopenia is a muscle disease (muscle failure) rooted in adverse muscle changes that accrue across a lifetime [1]. Sarcopenia and osteoarthritis significantly affect the self-esteem quality of life which is associated with a decrease in muscle strength and muscle performance, falls, joint pain [2]. In 2015, the SarQoL® questionnaire (Sarcopenia and Quality of Life, www.sarqol.org) was developed, specific to patients with sarcopenia… Show more
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