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Age and Ageing· 2019Q1

Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis

Alfonso J. Cruz‐Jentoft, Gϋlistan Bahat, Jϋrgen Bauer, Yves Boirie‌ et al.

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New European consensus guidelines revise sarcopenia definition, lowering appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM)/height cut-offs to 2.0 in women and 1.0 in men, and introducing a strength-based algorithm for diagnosis.

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Field: Physiology

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