An Anthropometric Prediction Equation for Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass in Combination With a Measure of Muscle Function to Screen for Sarcopenia in Primary and Aged Care

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-30

  Yu, Solomon ^a,b,c   Appleton, Sarah ^c   Chapman, Ian ^c   Adams, Robert ^c   Wittert, Gary ^c   Visvanathan, Thavarajah ^a   Visvanathan, Renuka ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Older people; Prediction equation; Sarcopenia; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SARCOPENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926612066     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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