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Musculoskeletal frailty: a geriatric syndrome at the core of fracture occurrence in older age.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Sept 2012
Gielen E, Verschueren S, O'Neill T W, Pye S R, O'Connell M D L, Lee D M, Ravindrarajah R, Claessens F, Laurent M, Milisen K, Tournoy J, Dejaeger M, Wu F C, Vanderschueren D, Boonen S
Abstract excerpt
A progressive decline in physiologic reserves inevitably occurs with ageing. Frailty results from reaching a threshold of decline across multiple organ systems. By consequence, frail elderly experience an excess vulnerability to stressors and are at high risk for functional deficits and comorbid disorders, possibly leading to institutionalization, hospitalization and death. The phenotype of frailty is referred to...
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