Diagnostic Performance of Calf Circumference, Thigh Circumference, and SARC-F Questionnaire to Identify Sarcopenia in Elderly Compared to Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia's Diagnostic Standard

• Glavni autori: Mienche Mienche (Autor), Siti Setiati (Autor), Bambang Setyohadi (Autor), Juferdy Kurniawan (Autor), Purwita Wijaya Laksmi (Autor), A Ariane (Autor), Gunawan Tirtarahardja (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Interna Publishing, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: sarcopenia is one of many geriatric problems that may lead to major clinical outcomes. Calf and thigh circumference have good correlation with muscle mass, whereas SARC-F questionnaire is very predictive of muscle function. There has not been a study that evaluates the diagnostic perform...