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Case finding for sarcopenia in geriatric inpatients: performance of bioimpedance analysis in comparison to dual X-ray absorptiometry

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is a common geriatric syndrome associated with serious adverse health outcomes. The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) suggests different methods for case finding for sarcopenia. However, data comparing the different methodological options are scarce...

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Autores principales: Reiss, Jens, Iglseder, Bernhard, Kreutzer, Martina, Weilbuchner, Ingrid, Treschnitzer, Wolfgang, Kässmann, Helmut, Pirich, Christian, Reiter, Raphael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26928275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0228-z