Muscle Weakness and Walking Slowness for the Identification of Sarcopenia in the Older Adults from Northern Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: This study aimed to analyze the prevalence of sarcopenia in elderly people from Northern Brazil according to muscle weakness or walking slowness. Methods: The sample consisted of 312 elderly people (72.6 ± 7.8 years). For walking slowness, a gait speed ≤ 0.8 m/s was used as a cut-off val...

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Autores principales: de Lima, Alex Barreto, Henrinques-Neto, Duarte, Ribeiro, Gustavo dos Santos, Gouveia, Elvio Rúbio, Baptista, Fátima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954652
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159297

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9368163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35954652
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159297

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