Meet the editors

Dr. Grazia D'Onofrio is a psychologist and researcher in the Health Department, Scientific Institute for Research and Clinical Care (IRCCS) "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza," Italy. In 2009 she was awarded the title of Expert in Integrated Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. In 2020 she obtained a Ph.D. in Biorobotics. She is the author of several scientific articles, reviews, book chapters, and abstracts presented at medical congresses. Currently, she

is an editorial board member for some international journals and a guest editor for special issues about Alzheimer's disease. Her research interests include aging, dementia, psychological and behavioural symptoms, multidimensional impairment, information and communication technologies, and Ambient Assisted Living.

Julianna Cseri, MD, Ph.D., was a college professor who retired from the Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Her scientific field was skeletal muscle physiology. She was awarded her general medicine diploma in 1973 from the University Medical School of Debrecen and started scientific work at the Department of Physiology, University Medical School of Debrecen (later the Faculty

of Medicine University of Debrecen). She achieved scientific qualification in muscle electrophysiology. Her attention was later turned to the proliferation and differentiation of the skeletal muscle in cell cultures and the role of intracellular calcium homeostasis in myogenesis. This work is closely related to muscle degeneration and regeneration in vivo, managed by physiotherapy interventions.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

and New Perspectives *by Grazia D'Onofrio*

Physical Performance

*by Norihide Fukushima*

*by Charles Lambert*

*by Carlos Sáez and Sara García-Isidoro*

**Preface III**

**Note from the Publisher V**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Epidemiology and Assessment **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 27**

Management of Sarcopenic Patients **43**

**Chapter 4 45**

**Chapter 5 67**

Sarcopenia: Technological Advances in Measurement and Rehabilitation *by Letizia Lorusso, Luigi Esposito, Daniele Sancarlo and Grazia D'Onofrio*

Prevalence of Sarcopenia According to the Method Used to Determine

Sarcopenia in Patients with End-Stage Cardiac Failure Requiring

Ventricular Assist Device or Heart Transplantation

Attenuating Cancer Cachexia-Prolonging Life

Introductory Chapter: Frailty and Sarcopenia – Recent Evidence
