Low Relative Skeletal Muscle Mass (Sarcopenia) in Older Persons Is Associated with Functional Impairment and Physical Disability - Janssen, Ian; Heymsfield, Steven B.; Ross, Robert (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), 2002)
Keywords: Activities of Daily Living; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disability; Disabled Persons; Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases; Elderly people; Female; Functional impairment; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Muscular Atrophy - complications; Muscular Atrophy - epidemiology; Muscular Atrophy - physiopathology; Muscular system; Neurology; NHANES III; Nutrition Surveys; prevalence; Sarcopenia; skeletal muscle; USA; Human; Disability; Sarcopenia; Senescence; Association; Lean body mass; Evolution; Striated muscle; Elderly; Body composition