Sarcopenia: Test it, even in the absence of complains

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 183-184

  Esperto, H ^a   Ferreira, E ^a   Canha, C ^a   Meira, E ^a   Bernardes Correia, J ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Functional decline; Muscle imaging; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

BROMAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL;

AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAT MASS; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84878796379     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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