The assessment of sarcopenia and the frailty phenotype in the outpatient care of older people: implementation and typical values obtained from the Newcastle SarcScreen project
European Geriatric Medicine(2022)
Abstract
Key summary points Aim Is it possible to implement the Newcastle SarcScreen, an assessment of sarcopenia and physical frailty, as part of the outpatient care of older people? Findings Grip strength measurement was possible in 98.2% and gait speed in 82.1%, with the latter typically not measured due to mobility impairment. We found a high prevalence of probable sarcopenia and the frailty phenotype across all age groups studied. Message We successfully implemented the Newcastle SarcScreen. The proforma is available to download as part of this article.
MoreTranslated text
Key words
Sarcopenia,Frailty,Grip strength,Walking speed,Implementation,Usual care
AI Read Science
Must-Reading Tree
Example
Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper
Chat Paper
Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined