Sarcopenia: Revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
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...Of importance, the task force did consider grip strength as a screening tool for sarcopenia, but this was voted out in the consensus process for two main reasons: (i) the new EWGSOP guidelines for sarcopenia [EWGSOP-2 (59)] recommend that grip strength is a diagnostic assessment rather than a screening test; and (ii) the specific feedback we received from the primary care members of our external reviewing group, most of whom stated that they would prefer not to perform grip strength measurement in their primary care clinics....
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...A project is underway to translate and validate SARC-F in multiple different world languages [60]....
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...Assessment of pennate muscles such as the quadriceps femoris can detect a decrease in muscle thickness and cross-sectional area within a relatively short period of time, thus suggesting potential for use of this tool in clinical practice, including use in the community [112, 113]....
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...Ultrasound is accurate with good intra- and inter-observer reliability, even in older subjects [112]....
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...Because of technological limits, muscle quantity and muscle quality remain problematic as primary parameters to define sarcopenia [31, 32, 34]....
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