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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...…performance Gait speed ≤0.8 m/s Cruz-Jentoft (2010) [1] Studenski (2011) [84] SPPB ≤8 point score Pavasini (2016) [90] Guralnik (1995) [126] TUG ≥20 s Bischoff (2003) [127] 400 m walk test Non-completion or ≥6 min for completion Newman (2006) [128] D o w n lo a d e d fro m h ttp s ://a c a d e m…...
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...The current EWGSOP recommendations focus on European populations and use of normative references (healthy young adults) [26] whenever possible, with cut-off points usually set at −2 standard deviations compared to the mean reference value....
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...In young adulthood (up to ~40 years of age), maximal levels, which are higher in men than in women, are reached (Figure 2) [26]....
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...• First, sarcopenia has long been associated with ageing and older people, but the development of sarcopenia is now recognised to begin earlier in life [25], and the sarcopenia phenotype has many contributing causes beyond ageing [26, 27]....
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...5 standard deviations for more conservative diagnosis [26]....
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...…Cut-off points for women References EWGSOP2 sarcopenia cut-off points for low strength by chair stand and grip strength Grip strength <27 kg <16 kg Dodds (2014) [26] Chair stand >15 s for five rises Cesari (2009) [67] EWGSOP2 sarcopenia cut-off points for low muscle quantity ASM <20 kg <15 kg…...
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...Alternatively, the term muscle quality has been applied to ratios of muscle strength to appendicular skeletal muscle mass [106, 107] or muscle volume [108]....
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