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Sarkopenia, Latihan, dan Kejadian latuh (Falls) pada Populasi Lanjut Usia (Satropenia, Exercise, and Falls Incident at Elderly Population)

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Sorcopenia is strongly related with functional impaired in performing important daily activities leading to brittleness, increasing fails incidence and dependency. Exercise is one of treatment modality in sarcopenia with protective effect for falls incidence. This research aimed to identify the correlation of sarcopenia, exercise and falls incidence in elderly. A cross sectional observation was performed with 232 independent elderly peoples. Muscle mass was measured based on MAMC formula, extremity strength and function was measured using hand grips walking distance and speed. Exercise is defined as gymnastic or 120 minutes-walks/week. Falls incidence was measured based on reported fall experience in the last one year.

Result show that 106 patients (45,69%) experiencing sarcopenia based on EWSGOP algorithm with 27 (25,5%) of them reported falls incidence. Body weight 0=0,000), height (p=0,035), body mass index (p=0,04), upper arm circle (p

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Jurnal Kedokteran Brawijaya 28 (3) 2014 : 35-39

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Malang : Jurnal Kedokteran Brawijaya., 2014

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