Sarcopenia in Acute Care Patients: Protocol for the European Collaboration of Geriatric Surveys: Sarcopenia 9+ EAMA Project

Dolores Sanchez-Rodriguez; Suzy Hope; Karolina Piotrowicz; Florence Benoit; Joanna Czesak; Dhayana Dallmeier; Genia Decker; Anton De Spiegeleer; Anette Hansen Højmann; Dana Hrnciarikova; Ester Marco; Diana Mendes; Delky Meza; Paula Nascimento; Afonso Rodrigues; Murielle Surquin; Miguel Toscano-Rico; Hana Vankova; Davide L Vetrano; Jerzy Gąsowski; Nele Van Den Noortgate; Francesco Landi

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.04.030

Sarcopenia in Acute Care Patients: Protocol for the European Collaboration of Geriatric Surveys: Sarcopenia 9+ EAMA Project

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Nov;20(11):e1-e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.04.030. Epub 2019 Jun 21.

Authors

Dolores Sanchez-Rodriguez¹, Suzy Hope², Karolina Piotrowicz³, Florence Benoit⁴, Joanna Czesak⁵, Dhayana Dallmeier⁶, Genia Decker⁷, Anton De Spiegeleer⁸, Anette Hansen Højmann⁹, Dana Hrnciarikova¹⁰, Ester Marco¹¹, Diana Mendes¹², Delky Meza¹³, Paula Nascimento¹², Afonso Rodrigues¹⁴, Murielle Surquin⁴, Miguel Toscano-Rico¹⁵, Hana Vankova¹⁶, Davide L Vetrano¹⁷, Jerzy Gąsowski¹⁸, Nele Van Den Noortgate¹⁹, Francesco Landi²⁰

Affiliations

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Aspects of Musculoskeletal Health and Aging, Division of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium; Rehabilitation Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Geriatrics Department, Parc Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
² University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom; Healthcare for Older People Department, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; University Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
⁴ Geriatrics Department, CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Clinical Rehabilitation, University School of Physical Education, Krakow, Poland; University Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
⁶ Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic Ulm, Ulm, Germany; Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA.
⁷ Agaplesion Bethesda Clinic Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
⁸ Department of Geriatrics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁹ Hospital of Slagelse, Region Sjaelland, Slagelse, Denmark.
¹⁰ University Hospital Hradec, Kralove, Czech Republic.
¹¹ Rehabilitation Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Parc de Salut, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
¹² Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisbon, Portugal.
¹³ Rehabilitation Research Group, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁴ Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central Hospital de Santa Marta Lisbon, Portugal.
¹⁵ Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal; Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Central, Hospital de Santa Marta, Portugal.
¹⁶ Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
¹⁷ Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
¹⁸ Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
¹⁹ Department of Geriatrics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; University Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
²⁰ Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 31230903
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.04.030

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ambulatory Care Facilities*
Body Composition
Female
Geriatric Assessment
Hand Strength
Humans
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology*
Prevalence
Sarcopenia / diagnosis
Sarcopenia / epidemiology*
Walking