Growing research on sarcopenia in Asia

摘要

We, the Guest Editors of this special issue, are proud to publish 16 articles on sarcopenia from six Asian countries, including seven articles from Japan, four from Taiwan, two from Hong Kong, and one each from Korea, China, and Thailand. We searched PubMed using the key words "sarcopenia" and "human," and found 97 original articles that were published in English in 2013 (from January to November). Among the articles, 17 were from Asian countries. Thus, researchers in Asian countries have contributed significantly to sarcopenia research.