Agreement and Predictive Validity Using Less-Conservative Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project Weakness Cutpoints

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 574-579

  Chiles Shaffer, Nancy ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Shardell, Michelle ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Studenski, Stephanie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; muscle; sarcopenia; weakness

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPENDICULAR LEAN MASS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EUROPEAN WORKING GROUP ON SARCOPENIA IN OLDER PEOPLE; FEMALE; FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SARCOPENIA PROJECT WEAKNESS CUTPOINT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; SARCOPENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; BODY COMPOSITION; HAND STRENGTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; WALKING SPEED;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SARCOPENIA; UNITED STATES; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 85007357225     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14706     Document Type: Article

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