Sarcopenia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Prevalence, Mechanisms, Detection, Adverse Clinical Impact and Targetable Care Gaps-A Narrative Review Supported by a Structured Literature Search

Abstract

Sarcopenia is increasingly recognized as a systemic complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-more accurately described as an IBD-associated muscle disorder than as a classical extraintestinal manifestation-but it remains inconsistently defined and rarely integrated into routine care.

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