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Table 1 2018 operational definition of sarcopenia in the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People

From: Sarcopenia: how to determine and manage

Possible sarcopenia is identified based on criterion 1

A confirmed diagnosis requires the additional documentation of criterion 2

If all three criteria (1, 2, and 3) are all met, sarcopenia is considered severe

(1) Low muscle strength

(2) Low muscle quantity and quality

(3) Low physical performance

  1. Ref. [6], the journal is open access, which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is correctly cited
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Knee Surgery & Related Research

ISSN: 2234-2451