Low appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) with limited mobility and poor health outcomes in middle-aged African Americans

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 179-186

  Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Miller, Douglas K ^b   Herning, Margaret M ^c   Morley, John E ^a  

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

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

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADLs; African Americans; Frailty; Mobility; Mortality; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; APPENDICULAR SKELETAL MUSCLE MASS; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMITED MOBILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84884576186     PISSN: 21905991     EISSN: 21906009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13539-013-0106-x     Document Type: Article

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