Sarcopenia is a risk factor for falling in independently living Japanese older adults: A 2-year prospective cohort study of the GAINA study.
Hiromi MatsumotoChika TanimuraShinji TanishimaMari OsakiHisashi NomaHiroshi HaginoPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2017)
The key finding of the present study suggests that sarcopenia is a risk factor for falling in older adults who are living independently even after adjustment for previous falls and confounding factors. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 2124-2130.
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