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Assessing sarcopenic prevalence and risk factors in residential aged care: methodology and feasibility

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is a significant geriatric syndrome with both health care expenditure and personal burden. Most recently, the European Working Group in Sarcopenia in Older Adults has established a consensus definition and assessment criteria for sarcopenia that includes a below-normal muscle...

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Autores principales: Henwood, Timothy R., Keogh, Justin W., Reid, Natasha, Jordan, Will, Senior, Hugh E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4159491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24737112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-014-0144-z