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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There 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.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Osteoporos Int

Title: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1433-2965

ISSN (Print): 0937-941X

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2017

Volume: 28

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Neuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. j.menant@neura.edu.au.

[2 ] School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. j.menant@neura.edu.au.

[3 ] Neuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

[4 ] Prince of Wales Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

[5 ] Brain and Aging Research Program, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

[6 ] Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

[7 ] Dementia Collaborative Research Centre-Assessment and Better Care, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Australia.

[8 ] Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

[9 ] School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s00198-016-3691-7

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-016-3691-7

PubMed ID: 27394415

SO-VID: 3c2aecd3-b293-448f-a73b-7673a1e9adb3

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Keywords: Aged,Balance,Accidental falls,Mobility,Sarcopenia,Obesity,Muscle strength

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Keywords: Aged, Balance, Accidental falls, Mobility, Sarcopenia, Obesity, Muscle strength

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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