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. 2015 Nov;97(5):429-31.
doi: 10.1007/s00223-015-0038-x. Epub 2015 Jul 28.

A New Concept of Health Can Improve the Definition of Frailty

Maarten Boers  1 , Alfonso J Cruz Jentoft  2
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A New Concept of Health Can Improve the Definition of Frailty

Maarten Boers et al. Calcif Tissue Int. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

Following a newly developed concept of health, this viewpoint suggests that the concept of frailty can usefully be defined as: the weakening of health, i.e. the resilience or capacity to cope, and to maintain and restore one's integrity, equilibrium, and sense of wellbeing in three domains: physical, mental, and social.

Keywords: Frailty; Gerontolog; Health; Opsteoporosis; Sarcopenia.

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