Comment on Asian Working Group on Sarcopenia's Updated Consensus Recommendations: Emphasis on Anterior Thigh Muscle Mass

We have read with great interest the recently published consensus update of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia about the diagnosis and treatment of sarcopenia.1 We congratulate them for defining their diagnostic algorithm. Although we agree on selecting less stringent cut-off values for physical performance tests [ie, ≥12 seconds for chair stand test (CST) and

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - July 29, 2020 Category: Health Management Authors: Murat Kara, Ay şe Merve Ata, Bayram Kaymak, Levent Özçakar Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research