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The influence of sarcopenia in dropped head syndrome in older women

BACKGROUND: Age-related sarcopenia may cause physical dysfunction. We investigated the involvement of sarcopenia in dropped head syndrome (DHS). METHODS: Our study subjects were ten elderly women with idiopathic DHS (mean age 75.1 years, range 55–89). Twenty age- and sex-matched volunteers (mean age...

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Autores principales: Eguchi, Yawara, Toyoguchi, Toru, Koda, Masao, Suzuki, Munetaka, Yamanaka, Hajime, Tamai, Hiroshi, Kobayashi, Tatsuya, Orita, Sumihisa, Yamauchi, Kazuyo, Suzuki, Miyako, Inage, Kazuhide, Fujimoto, Kazuki, Kanamoto, Hirohito, Abe, Koki, Aoki, Yasuchika, Takahashi, Kazuhisa, Ohtori, Seiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28251189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13013-017-0110-6