# Menopause and Muscle: Closer to Answers, but Significant Questions Remain

**Authors:** Stuart M. Phillips

PMC · DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.70248 · Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle · 2026-02-26

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Menopause (MESH:D008594), muscle or joint pain (MESH:D063806), muscle loss (MESH:D009135), loss of lean mass (MESH:D013851), atrophy (MESH:D001284), decline in handgrip strength (MESH:D060825), Pain (MESH:D010146), muscle mass (MESH:C536030), musculoskeletal pain (MESH:D059352)
- **Chemicals:** creatine (MESH:D003401), methyl-D3-creatine (-), oestradiol (MESH:D004958)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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