ACE inhibitors for sarcopenia—as good as exercise training?

More work is needed to understand the precise mechanisms underlying the observed clinical effect, to test how best to combine interventions such as exercise and ACE inhibitors for treating sarcopenia, and to explore whether other interventions suggested by observational work and basic science might...

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Published inAge and ageing Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 363 - 365
Main Authors Witham, Miles D., Sumukadas, Deepa, McMurdo, Marion E. T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.07.2008
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects
Aged
Aging
Aging - physiology
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Cardiovascular disease
Exercise
Humans
Inhibitor drugs
Muscular Atrophy - drug therapy
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Summary:More work is needed to understand the precise mechanisms underlying the observed clinical effect, to test how best to combine interventions such as exercise and ACE inhibitors for treating sarcopenia, and to explore whether other interventions suggested by observational work and basic science might have beneficial effects on this problem that afflicts vast numbers of older people.
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DOI:10.1093/ageing/afn124