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The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates
The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2014 · Vol. 69(5) · pp. 547–558
Stephanie A. Studenski✉Katherine W. Peters(California Pacific Medical Center)Dawn E. Alley(University of Maryland, Baltimore)Peggy M. Cawthon(California Pacific Medical Center)Robert R. McLean(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)Tamara B. Harris(National Institutes of Health)Luigi Ferrucci(National Institutes of Health)Jack M. Guralnik(University of Maryland, Baltimore)Maren S. FragalaRose Anne Kenny(UConn Health)Douglas P. Kiel(Hebrew SeniorLife)Stephen B. KritchevskyMichelle Shardell(University of Maryland, Baltimore)Thuy-Tien L. Dam(Columbia University)Maria T. Vassileva
Abstract
These evidence-based cutpoints, based on a large and diverse population, may help identify participants for clinical trials and should be evaluated among populations with high rates of functional limitations.
Nutrition and Health in AgingBody Composition Measurement TechniquesFrailty in Older AdultsSarcopeniaGerontologyMedicineLean body massBody mass indexGrip strengthFramingham Heart StudyPhysical therapyFamily medicineFramingham Risk Score
MeSH terms
Age FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overDisease SusceptibilityFemaleHumansMaleNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Research DesignRisk FactorsSex FactorsUnited StatesBody Mass IndexHand StrengthSarcopenia
Funding
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
- Amgen
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Syddansk Universitet
- National Institutes of Health
- University of California, San Diego
- National Institute on Aging
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