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Falaschi P, Marsh D, editors. Orthogeriatrics: The Management of Older Patients with Fragility Fractures [Internet]. 2nd edition. Cham (CH): Springer; 2021. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-48126-1_4

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Fig. 4.5. The EWGSOP algorithm for the diagnosis and grading of sarcopenia (Adapted from Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Bahat G, Bauer JM, et al.

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The EWGSOP algorithm for the diagnosis and grading of sarcopenia (Adapted from Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Bahat G, Bauer JM, et al. (2019) Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis: Age Ageing; 48(1):16–31). Further details on how to apply this algorithm can be found in this paper, with suggestions for feasible and reliable methods to assess muscle strength, quality and quantity, and physical performance

From: Chapter 4, Frailty and Sarcopenia

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