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Review
. 2014 Jul 28:6:192.
doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00192. eCollection 2014.

Sarcopenia and physical frailty: two sides of the same coin

Matteo Cesari  1 , Francesco Landi  2 , Bruno Vellas  1 , Roberto Bernabei  2 , Emanuele Marzetti  2
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Review

Sarcopenia and physical frailty: two sides of the same coin

Matteo Cesari et al. Front Aging Neurosci. .
No abstract available

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

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Relationship among sarcopenia, frailty, and physical function impairment.
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