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Appendicular lean mass and fracture risk assessment: implications for FRAX and sarcopenia

The vast majority of current sarcopenia definitions use DXA-derived appendicular lean mass (DXA ALM) as an approximation of muscle mass. However, there is increasing evidence that ALM is poorly predictive of incident fractures. In this editorial, we describe findings from several cohorts suggesting...

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Pubblicato in:Osteoporos Int
Autori principali: Harvey, Nicholas C, Kanis, John A, Liu, Enwu, Johansson, Helena, Lorentzon, Mattias, McCloskey, Eugene
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2019
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6430419/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30815717
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-019-04904-z
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