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Components of the Frailty Phenotype in Relation to the Frailty Index: Results From the Toulouse Frailty Platform.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - 1 Oct 2015
Hoogendijk Emiel O, van Kan Gabor Abellan, Guyonnet Sophie, Vellas Bruno, Cesari Matteo
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OBJECTIVES: The frailty phenotype proposed by Fried and colleagues is a widely used frailty screening instrument, consisting of 5 components: weight loss, exhaustion, low grip strength, slow gait speed, and low physical activity. Although equally considered in the computation of the frailty phenotype score, each of the components may present a specific and different weight in clinical practice. The objective of...
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