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Common Ground? The Concordance of Sarcopenia and Frailty Definitions.
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - 1 Apr 2016
Reijnierse Esmee M, Trappenburg Marijke C, Blauw Gerard Jan, Verlaan Sjors, de van der Schueren Marian A E, Meskers Carel G M, Maier Andrea B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the concordance between definitions of sarcopenia and frailty in a clinically relevant population of geriatric outpatients. DESIGN: Data were retrieved from a cross-sectional study. SETTING: The study was performed in a geriatric outpatient clinic of a middle-sized teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS: The study included 299 geriatric outpatients (mean age 82.4, SD 7.1) who were...
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