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