Advancing Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment: Recommendations from the Taiwan Advisory Panel for Sarcopenia

Advancing Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment: Recommendations from the Taiwan Advisory Panel for Sarcopenia

Li-Ning Peng^1,2*, Ding-Cheng Chan^3,4, Der-Sheng Han⁵, Chun-Ying Lee⁶, Hao-Jan Lei⁷, Wen-Yuan Lin⁸, Tsan-Hon Liu⁹, Hsiang-Ju Pan¹⁰, Chih-Hsing Wu^11,12, Chi-Hua Yen¹³, Liang-Kung Chen^1,2,14, and the Taiwan Advisory Panel for Sarcopenia (TAPS)

¹Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

²Center for Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

³Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁴Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁵Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan

⁶Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁷Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

⁸Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

⁹Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University—Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan

¹⁰Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

¹¹Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital & College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

¹²Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

¹³Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

¹⁴Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital (Managed by Taipei Veterans General Hospital), Taipei, Taiwan