Hunkyung Kim

Biography

Hunkyung Kim is the Head of Prevention of Musculoskeletal Aging Research team at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. After graduating from Kyungpook National University (South Korea) in 1986, he pursued Doctorate degree in exercise prescription and gerontology at University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan). His research focus has been on sarcopenia, frailty, urinary incontinence, falls, geriatric syndromes, locomotive syndrome, exercise, nutrition etc., with a particular interest in sarcopenic obesity in recent years. Hunkyung Kim is the Head of Prevention of Musculoskeletal Aging Research team at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology. After graduating from Kyungpook National University (South Korea) in 1986, he pursued Doctorate degree in exercise prescription and gerontology at University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan). His research focus has been on sarcopenia, frailty, urinary incontinence, falls, geriatric syndromes, locomotive syndrome, exercise, nutrition etc., with a particular interest in sarcopenic obesity in recent years.

Research Interest

sarcopenia, frailty, urinary incontinence, falls, geriatric syndromes, locomotive syndrome, exercise, nutrition etc., with a particular interest in sarcopenic obesity.