Consequences of sarcopenia

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 387-399

  Visser, Marjolein ^a,b   Schaap, Laura A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Disability; Falls; Mortality; Muscle mass; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAPENIA; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 79961076148     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2011.03.006     Document Type: Review

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