Detection of Sarcopenia in a Community-Dwelling Older Population in China.

Hai Yan Zhang Chong Mei ChanMaw Pin TanYan Piaw ChuaJin Hua Zhang

Published in: Journal of geriatric physical therapy (2001) (2023)

Calf circumference is useful in ruling out the presence of sarcopenia while the SARC-F is more effective in ruling in sarcopenia, especially in the context of population-based screening. Future studies should be carried out to investigate the value of population-based sarcopenia detection using these screening tools.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
loop mediated isothermal amplification
body mass index
skeletal muscle
label free
real time pcr
body weight