Sarcopenia: a predictor of mortality and the need for early diagnosis and intervention

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-254

  Filippin, Lidiane Isabel ^a   Teixeira, Vivian Nunes de Oliveira ^b   da Silva, Magali Pilz Monteiro ^a   Miraglia, Fernanda ^a   da Silva, Fabiano Silva ^a  

^a Mestrado em Avaliacao de Impactos Ambientais em Mineracao Victor Barreto   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Mortality; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADL DISABILITY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGING; BONE MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEATH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SARCOPENIC OBESITY; WAIST HIP RATIO; WALKING SPEED; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84929146877     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-014-0281-4     Document Type: Review

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