Ageing well: A review of sarcopenia and frailty

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 337-347

  Keevil, Victoria L ^a,b   Romero Ortuno, Roman ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Frail elderly; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUSTION; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOPENIA; SURGICAL RISK; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84948379639     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665115002037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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