Screening for sarcopenia and frailty in patients with chronic ulcers: a cross-sectional study

Conclusions Patients with chronic venous ulcers exhibit frailty or pre-frailty and the components that comprise the condition of frailty in this population are exhaustion, low physical activity, and muscle weakness. Sarcopenia was identified in a small proport ion of the patients.

Source: Jornal Vascular Brasileiro - August 1, 2020 Category: Surgery Source Type: research