Post-COVID-19 acute sarcopenia: physiopathology and management

• Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 2887 - 2898
• Main Authors: Piotrowicz, Karolina, Gąsowski, Jerzy, Michel, Jean-Pierre, Veronese, Nicola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Communicable Disease Control; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - complications; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Humans; Long COVID; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Olfaction disorders; Review; Sarcopenia; Sarcopenia - therapy; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Taste disorders; COVID-19; Sarcopenia; Inflammaging; Rehabilitation; Older adults; Acute sarcopenia

In this review, we discuss the pathophysiologic and management aspects of acute sarcopenia in relation to SARS-CoV-2 infection. COVID-19 is as a multi-organ infectious disease characterized by a severe inflammatory and highly catabolic status, influencing the deep changes in the body build, especial...