Sarcopenia: There is a need for some steps forward

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 379-380

  Michel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; DYNAMOMETRY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUSCLE MASS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SARCOPENIA; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; IMPEDANCE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84901482124     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.03.016     Document Type: Editorial

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