Malnutrition often occurs in patients with disabilities. The prevalence of malnutrition in geriatric rehabilitation was higher than in hospital 50.5 vs 38.7 according to MNA classi-fication. Nutrition care management of patients with disabilities is often inappropriate. As nutri-tional status is associated with rehabilitation outcome, a combination of both rehabilitation and nutrition care management may be associated with a better outcome. This concept is defined as rehabilitation nutrition. Rehabilitation nutrition aims to assess patients according to the Interna-tional Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health including nutrition status and to practice a rehabilitation nutrition care plan under adequate prognosis prediction. It is not enough for pa-tients with disabilities to coordinate only their rehabilitation or clinical nutrition. Rehabilitation nutrition care management is important to improve their activities of daily living and quality of life. Sarcopenia is a syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of skeletal mus-cle mass and strength. Primary sarcopenia is considered to be age-related when no other cause is evident, other than ageing itself. Secondary sarcopenia should be considered when one or more other causes are evident, such as activity-related sarcopenia, disease-related sarcopenia, or nutri-tion-related sarcopenia. Activity-related sarcopenia can result from bed rest, deconditioning, or ze-ro-gravity conditions. Disease-related sarcopenia is associated with invasion acute inflammatory diseases , cachexia cancer, advanced organ failure, collagen diseases, etc. , and neuromuscular disease. Nutrition-related sarcopenia results from inadequate dietary intake of energy andor pro-tein. Treatment, including rehabilitation and nutrition care management, differs according to the causes of sarcopenia. No nutrition care, no rehabilitation. Nutrition is a vital sign for rehabilita-tion. Jpn J Rehabil Med .
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WAKABAYASHI, H. (2011). Rehabilitation and Clinical Nutrition. The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 48(4), 270–281. https://doi.org/10.2490/jjrmc.48.270
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