Does gait speed contribute to sarcopenia case-finding in a postacute rehabilitation setting?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 176-181

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Dolores ^a,b   Marco, Ester ^a,b,c   Miralles, Ramón ^a,b   Guillén Solà, Anna ^a,b   Vázquez Ibar, Olga ^a,b   Escalada, Ferrán ^a,b   Muniesa, Josep M ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gait speed; Geriatrics; Handgrip strength; Muscle function; Muscle mass; Postacute; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOPENIA; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING SPEED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; HAND STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SARCOPENIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84938204620     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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