Assessment of muscle mass, muscle strength and physical performance in clinical practice: An international survey

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 243-246

  Bruyere O ^a,b   Beaudart, C ^a,b   Reginster, J Y ^a,b   Buckinx, F ^a,b   Schoene, D ^c   Hirani, V ^d   Cooper, C ^e   Kanis, J A ^f   Rizzoli, R ^g   McCloskey, E ^f   Cederholm, T ^h   Cruz Jentoft, A ⁱ   Freiberger, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Muscle mass; Muscle strength; Physical performance; Sarcopenia; Tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84955457262     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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