Strength measures are better than muscle mass measures in predicting health-related outcomes in older people: time to abandon the term sarcopenia?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-70

  Menant, J C ^a,b   Weber, F ^a   Lo, J ^a   Sturnieks, D L ^a   Close, J C ^a,b   Sachdev, P S ^a,c   Brodaty, H ^b   Lord, S R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Balance; Mobility; Muscle strength; Obesity; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSOR FORCE; LOWER LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RESPONSE TIME; SARCOPENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING SPEED; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOPENIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84978054788     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3691-7     Document Type: Article

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