Outcomes in clinical trials on sarcopenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Our results highlight the heterogeneity among sarcopenia intervention studies, which impairs the comparability regarding the efficiency of different interventions. However, our findings support the need for core outcomes or pre-defined common endpoints, for which the updated ESCEO recommendations can serve as a solid basis. Nevertheless, more consistent data are needed to enable a proper meta-analysis.
Authors
- Olivia Tausendfreund
- Ralf Schmidmaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-3588)
- Sabine Schluessel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-8859)
- Michaela Rippl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1583-1577)
- Katharina Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-4744)
- Sebastian Martini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3663-9239)
- Michael Drey
- Linda Deißler
Institutions
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The journal of nutrition health & aging
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnha.2026.100821
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00