The prevalence of sarcopenia in fallers and those at risk of falls in a secondary care falls unit as measured by bioimpedance analysis

Objectives: Sarcopenia is characterised by loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength with adverse outcomes: physical disability, poor quality of life and death. Low muscle mass and strength are risk factors for falls, although there are few data available on the prevalence of sarcopenia in fallers....

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Main Authors: Kate Barnes, Barbara Smeed, Rachael Taylor, Victoria Hood, Katherine Brooke-Wavell, Adrian Slee, Jesper Ryg, Tahir Masud
Format: Default Article
Published: 2018
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Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Sarcopenia
Falls
Bio-impedance
Prevalence
Muscle
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/36810
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