Instruments to Assess Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in Older People Living in a Community (Care) Setting: Similarities and Discrepancies

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 301-308

  Mijnarends, Donja M ^a   Schols, Jos M G A ^a   Meijers, Judith M M ^a   Tan, Frans E S ^a   Verlaan, Sjors ^b   Luiking, Yvette C ^b   Morley, John E ^c   Halfens, Ruud J G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Nutricia Nederland   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Muscle mass; Overlap; Physical frailty; Strength

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84934435611     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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