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Muscle strength and function rather than muscle mass in sarcopenia

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Abbreviations

MQ:

Muscle quality

ALM:

Appendicular lean mass

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  1. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

    Murat Kara, Bayram Kaymak & Levent Özçakar

  2. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Viranşehir State Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

    Ayşe Merve Ata

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MK and AMA wrote the paper. BK and LÖ revised the paper. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Kara, M., Ata, A.M., Kaymak, B. et al. Muscle strength and function rather than muscle mass in sarcopenia. Eur J Appl Physiol 119, 1671–1672 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-019-04155-0

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