THE STUDY OF MUSCLE, MOBILITY AND AGING (SOMMA): LESSONS LEARNED RECRUITING OLDER ADULTS

Abstract

SOMMA is a two-site (Wake Forest University School of Medicine [Wake] and University of Pittsburgh [Pitt]) ongoing observational study of 879 participants ≥70 years investigating the role of muscle biology in age-related mobility decline. Those eligible were free from any life-threatening disease, able to walk ≥0.