Sarcopenia in general practice: Towards improving muscle health screening, assessment and management in Australia
Strategies to improve the implementation of muscle health assessment and management in general practice include (1) improving public awareness; (2) professional education; (3) provision of tools and resources; (4) advocacy and policy; and (5) increasing collaborative efforts between healthcare professionals, professional societies, universities, electronic medical record software vendors and the government.
Authors
- Simon Willcock
- Robin M. Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9897-1598)
- David Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-1972)
- Chris Bollen
- Linda Govan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5718-7319)
- Linda Xu
- Solomon Yu
- Jane Bollen
Institutions
- BJC HealthCare (US)
- American Public Health Association (US)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AU)
- Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
- Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) (BE)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australian Journal of General Practice
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31128/ajgp-12-23-7062
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.98