Prevalence of sarcopenia in patients attending outpatient geriatric clinics: The ELLI study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 807-809

  Cuesta, Federico ^a,b   Formiga, Francesc ^c,d   Lopez Soto, Alfonso ^e,f,g   Masanes, Ferran ^e,f,g   Ruiz, Domingo ^d,h,i   Artaza, Iñaki ^j   Salvà, Antoni ^d,i   Serra Rexach, Jose A ^k   I Luque, Xavier Rojano ^d,i   Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso J ^l  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^j Bilbao ^*  (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Older people; Outpatient; Sarcopenia; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; VERY ELDERLY; DYNAMOMETER; EXERCISE TEST; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HAND STRENGTH; IMPEDANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPAIN; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SARCOPENIA; SPAIN; WALKING;

EID: 84940666407     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv088     Document Type: Article

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