Age-associated changes in skeletal muscles and their effect on mobility: an operational diagnosis of sarcopenia.

By F. Lauretani, C. R. Russo, Stefania Bandinelli, B. Bartali, C. Cavazzini, A. Di Iorio, A. Corsi, T. Rantanen, Jack M. Guralnik, Luigi Ferrucci. Journal of applied physiology, 2003

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