Sarcopenia Solutions

Sarcopenia is a condition that involves the gradual loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function affecting over 50 million people. Given the aging global population and increased prevalence of non-communicable disease, sarcopenia has become an increasingly pressing health concern, costing over $18.5 billion in direct health care costs in the U.S. alone, and projected to affect over 200 million people in the next 30 years. While sarcopenia is mostlyassociated with aging, it is also very common in patients encountered in physical and occupational therapy care, such as those with diseases, conditions, or lifestyles that limitphysical activity. Sarcopenia can lead to decreased physicalperformance, increased frailty, exacerbation of chronicconditions such as diabetes and heart disease, a higher riskof falls and fractures, and increased mortality rates. Thus,sarcopenia significantly contributes to severe loss in quality oflife, increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, and significant burdens to healthcare systems.

A significant rise in attention towards addressing sarcopenia has led to an explosion in sarcopenia research, placing therapists and rehabilitation professionals at the center of applying proposed treatments. Fortunately, sarcopenia can be effectively treated through a combination of increasing awareness to diagnose, prevent, mitigating itsprogression, and even reverse it through multifactorialstrategies that rehabilitation professionals are ideally suited to address. In this course, you will learn what sarcopenia is, why it is a problem, how to diagnose it, and how to apply creative evidence-based strategies to prevent and treat it. This course will empower you as a therapist to have a profound impact onthe patients you treat, the communities you serve, and localand global healthcare burdens.

Highlights

• Demonstrate assessments to clearly determine if your patients have sarcopenia or are at risk
• Learn, observe, and practice the most effective evidence-based treatments for sarcopenia that you can immediately apply to help your patients
• Obtain practical tests and measurement tools that clearly demonstrate how your interventions work to improve sarcopenia and increase patient buy-in and healthcare coverage
• Gain the clarity and confidence you need to identify and treat a condition affecting tens of millions and costing our healthcare system billions

Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Athletic Trainers