Clinical Trial: Muscle Mass, Quality, and the Menopause: Sex-specific Strategies to Mitigate Sarcopenia in Ageing Populations

U.S., Feb. 5 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06806501) titled 'Muscle Mass, Quality, and the Menopause: Sex-specific Strategies to Mitigate Sarcopenia in Ageing Populations' on June 18, 2024.

Brief Summary: Aging causes muscles to often become smaller and weaker resulting in physical frailty and functional impairments, such as difficulty raising from a chair, dressing, and preparing meals. In the UK there is a growing aged population with those >65y expected to increase from 18% of the population in 2016, to 26% by 2066. As such, age related muscle mass loss and functional impairments represents one of the largest problems facing the health care services. There is an urgent need to develop strat...