Development and validation of a short portable sarcopenia measure in the African American health project

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-394

  Miller, Douglas K ^a,b   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^c   Andresen, Elena M ^d,e   Miller, J Philip ^f   Herning, Margaret M ^g   Schootman, Mario ^f   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Aging; Disability; Muscles

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AGING; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 64849095747     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln033     Document Type: Article

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