ADVERSE MUSCLE COMPOSITION IS LINKED TO LOWER MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION AND SLOWER WALKING SPEED

Abstract

Low muscle mass and fat infiltration are core features of sarcopenic obesity. We examined skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration and walking speed in older adults with normal muscle composition (NMC), only low muscle volume (LMV), only high fat infiltration (HFI) and the combination of LMV and HFI, (adverse muscle composition (AMC)).