Utility of four sarcopenia criteria for the prediction of falls-related hospitalization in older Australian women.
Marc SimR L PrinceD ScottR M DalyG DuqueC A InderjeethK ZhuR J WoodmanJ M HodgsonJ R LewisPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2018)
Current definitions of sarcopenia were not associated with falls-related hospitalization risk in this cohort of community-dwelling older Australian women. Finally, measures of muscle strength and physical function, but not ALM (measured by DXA) may help discriminate the risk of falls-related hospitalization.