The Added Value of SARC-F to Prescreening Using FRAX for Hip Fracture Prevention in Older Community Adults

October 9, 2018
JAMDA

To examine the potential added value of a simple 5-item questionnaire for sarcopenia screening (SARC-F) to the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) for hip fracture risk prediction, in order to identify at-risk older adults for screening with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).