Relationship between sarcopenia, six-minute walk distance and health-related quality of life in liver transplant candidates

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 134-141

  Yadav, Anitha ^a   Chang, Yu Hui ^a   Carpenter, Sarah ^a   Silva, Alvin C ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a   Aqel, Bashar A ^a   Byrne, Thomas J ^a   Douglas, David D ^a   Vargas, Hugo E ^a   Carey, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional capacity; Gait speed; Muscle mass; Prognostic factor; Short form 36 scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOPENIA; SHORT FORM 36; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; EXERCISE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOPENIA; TRANSPLANTS; WALKING;

EID: 84921446929     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12493     Document Type: Article

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