Sarcopenia as a risk factor for falls in elderly individuals: Results from the ilSIRENTE study

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 652-658

  Landi, Francesco ^a   Liperoti, Rosa ^a   Russo, Andrea ^a   Giovannini, Silvia ^a   Tosato, Matteo ^a   Capoluongo, Ettore ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Onder, Graziano ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Falls; Frail elderly; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; WALKING;

EID: 84866617113     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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