Sarcopenia and physical frailty: two sides of the same coin

Front Aging Neurosci. 2014 Jul 28:6:192. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00192. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Matteo Cesari¹, Francesco Landi², Bruno Vellas¹, Roberto Bernabei², Emanuele Marzetti²

Affiliations

¹ Gérontopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse , Toulouse , France ; INSERM UMR1027, Université de Toulouse III Paul Sabatier , Toulouse , France.
² Centro Medicina dell'Invecchiamento, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , Rome , Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: aging; definition and concepts; disability; elderly; geriatric assessment; physical performance; preventive medicine; skeletal muscle.

Publication types

Review