Sarcopenia definitions: Where to draw the line? Response to Scarlata et al

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 694-

  Maddocks, Matthew ^a   Jones, Sarah E ^b   Kon, Samantha S C ^b   Canavan, Jane L ^b   Nolan, Claire M ^b,c   Clark, Amy L ^c   Polkey, Michael I ^b   Man, William D C ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LETTER; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; SARCOPENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING SPEED; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84939215622     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207041     Document Type: Letter

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