Comparing Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment With SARC-F for Screening Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

The Mini Sarcopenia Risk Assessment (MSRA), a new sarcopenia screening tool, has 2 versions: MSRA-7 (full version, 7 items) and MSRA-5 (short version, 5 items). We aimed to compare the diagnostic values of MSRA-7 and MSRA-5 to SARC-F for screening sarcopenia.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - June 13, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Ming Yang, Xiaoyi Hu, Lingling Xie, Luoying Zhang, Jie Zhou, Jing Lin, Ying Wang, Yaqi Li, Zengli Han, Daipei Zhang, Yun Zuo, Ying Li Tags: Original Study Source Type: research