Cruz-Jentoft AJ, Baeyens JP, Bauer JM, et al.
Age Ageing 2010;39:412-23
The authors report the results of a meeting of the International Working Group on Sarcopenia held on June 7-8, 2011 in Toulouse, France. The currently available biomarkers that could be utilized in clinical trials of sarcopenia are discussed. Specific recommendations about the assessment of aging skeletal muscle in older people and the optimal methodological design of studies on sarcopenia are presented.