The epidemiology of sarcopenia

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONSENSUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 79961071833     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.03.004     Document Type: Review

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