BMC musculoskeletal disorders
Diagnostic accuracy of sit-to-stand chair test and timed up and go test with proposed cutoff point for identifying sarcopenia in community-dwelling older women: a cross-sectional study.
Leonardo Augusto da Costa Teixeira, Luana Aparecida Soares, Maria Clara de Moura Oliveira, Maria Fernanda Dos Santos Mourão, Liliana Pereira Lima, Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre, Henrique Silveira Costa, Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo, Adriana Netto Parentoni, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça, Ana Cristina Rodrigues Lacerda
Published: 202610.1186/s12891-025-09470-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) recommends establishing population-specific cutoff points for muscle mass and function to diagnose sarcopenia globally. However, cutoff points adapted for the Brazilian po…
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