SARC-F as a case-finding tool in sarcopenia: valid or unnecessary?

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¹ Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Training and Research Center, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara Şehir Hastanesi FTR Hastanesi, Üniversiteler Mahallesi, 1604. Cadde No: 9, Bilkent/Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey. fevunsal@hotmail.com.
² Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.

Comment

Fevziye Ünsal Malas et al. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;33(8):2305-2306.

doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01838-7. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

¹ Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Training and Research Center, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara Şehir Hastanesi FTR Hastanesi, Üniversiteler Mahallesi, 1604. Cadde No: 9, Bilkent/Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey. fevunsal@hotmail.com.
² Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey.

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The usefulness of SARC-F.
Piotrowicz K, Gryglewska B, Gąsowski J. Piotrowicz K, et al. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021 Aug;33(8):2307. doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01839-6. Epub 2021 Apr 2. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021. PMID: 33797743 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

SARC-F as a case-finding tool for sarcopenia according to the EWGSOP2. National validation and comparison with other diagnostic standards.
Piotrowicz K, Głuszewska A, Czesak J, Fedyk-Łukasik M, Klimek E, Sánchez-Rodríguez D, Skalska A, Gryglewska B, Grodzicki T, Gąsowski J. Piotrowicz K, et al. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021 Jul;33(7):1821-1829. doi: 10.1007/s40520-020-01782-y. Epub 2021 Jan 28. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2021. PMID: 33506313 Free PMC article.

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