Differences in sarcopenia prevalence between upper-body and lower-body based EWGSOP2 muscle strength criteria: the Tromsø study 2015–2016

BACKGROUND: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) recommends grip strength and chair stand tests to be used as primary defining measures. It is unclear how either test affects prevalence estimates. METHODS: This cross-sectional study involved 3498 community-dwelling part...

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Autores principales: Johansson, Jonas, Strand, Bjørn Heine, Morseth, Bente, Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter, Grimsgaard, Sameline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01860-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7654146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01860-w

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