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

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• 作者：J. C. Menant ; F. Weber ; J. Lo ; D. L. Sturnieks ; J. C. Close…
• 关键词：Accidental falls ; Aged ; Balance ; Mobility ; Muscle strength ; Obesity ; Sarcopenia
• 刊名：Osteoporosis International
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：28
• 期：1
• 页码：59-70
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Orthopedics; Endocrinology; Rheumatology;
• 出版者：Springer London
• ISSN：1433-2965
• 卷排序：28

文摘

SummaryThere is no clear consensus on definition, cut-points or standardised assessments of sarcopenia. We found a lower limb strength assessment was at least as effective in predicting balance, mobility and falls in 419 older people as muscle mass-based measures of sarcopenia.