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SUBMITTER: Lima DP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7082018 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lima Danielle Pessoa DP de Almeida Samuel Brito SB Bonfadini Janine de Carvalho JC de Luna João Rafael Gomes JRG de Alencar Madeleine Sales MS Pinheiro-Neto Edilberto Barreira EB Viana-Júnior Antonio Brazil AB Veras Samuel Ranieri Oliveira SRO Sobreira-Neto Manoel Alves MA Roriz-Filho Jarbas de Sá JS Braga-Neto Pedro P
PloS one 20200319 3
<h4>Background</h4>Sarcopenia is a complex and multifactorial geriatric condition seen in several chronic degenerative diseases. This study aimed to screen for sarcopenia and fall risk in a sample of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and to investigate demographic and clinical factors associated.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a cross-sectional study. We evaluated 218 PD patients at the Movement Disorders Clinic in Fortaleza, Brazil, and collected clinical data including experiencing falls in the six mo ...[more]