Sarcopenic obesity negatively affects muscle strength, physical function and quality of life in obese elderly women

We evaluated the negative effect of sarcopenic obesity (SO) on muscle strength, physical function and quality of life in obese elderly women using the appendicular lean mass (aLM) adjusted for BMI, and aLM adjusted for height and fat mass residuals approach. Participated fifty-eight obese elderly wo...

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Main Authors: Dahan da Cunha Nascimento, Cristiane Rocha Silva, Jonato Prestes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2018-12-01
Series:Revista da Educação Física
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/RevEducFis/article/view/40975