Şahin, Nilay2020-03-262020-03-262010Şahin, N., (2010). The Effects of Aging on Muscle Strength. Muscle Strength Types, Efficiency and Drug Effects, 107-130.978-1-60876-364-1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/25357Aging is a process affecting all living beings. Its mechanisms are highly diverse and part of them are currently tried to be explained. Aging; is the decrease of physiological and organisation reserves of the individual, deterioration of the strength against any kind of stress in the organism and the increase of sensitivity for various pathologies. Along with the aging process, an increase in the tendency of various painful pathologies and diseases are also observed in the musculoskeletal system. Weakness observed in the muscle strength is related with numerous musculoskeletal system diseases. Diseases observed in the musculoskeletal system may affect the muscle strength or a weakness observed in the muscle strength may lead to a disease. Well then, does the physiological change process of the muscle strength developing along with aging contribute to the occurrence of diseases in old individuals? The general impacts of aging on the muscle strength are; decrease in mass, decrease in power production, decrease in the pain perception threshold. With aging sarcopenia develops in muscles. Sarcopenia is the decrease of mass, power and function in the muscles depending on the age, after 30 years of age, the muscle mass diminishes by 3 to 5% at each decade. The decrease in the muscle mass increases after 60 years of age and it reaches 30% for each decade after age 70 and above. Is sarcopenia a situation seen in everyone? Sarcopenia may develop due to reasons such as physical inactivity, reformation in motor units, decreased sex hormone levels, decreased protein synthesis, increase in catabolic cytokine synthesis, decrease in growth hormone synthesis, insufficient protein in diet and increase in fat mass. It is not clear whether reasons other than these exist. In particular further studies are needed for clarifying the information related with the potential effects of genetic factors which assume a major role in many diseases on the development of sarcopenia. Comorbid diseases and the drugs used accordingly are other factors that should be taken into account in terms of their impacts on the muscle strength. Understanding the impact of aging on the muscle strength will take an important part in diagnosing and treating the problems observed in the musculoskeletal system.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBook Chapter107130WOS:000279766000003N/A