Perkisas, Stany http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-327X
Lamers, Scott
Degerickx, Robin
Van Mieghem, Eugénie
Vandewoude, Maurits
Verhoeven, Veronique
De Cock, Anne-Marie
Article History
Received: 19 July 2018
Accepted: 15 September 2018
First Online: 1 October 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors confirm that there are no conflict of interests
: This research was done in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration on ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects [CitationRef removed]. As all investigations used (blood analyses, handgrip measurement, SPPB, nutritional screening and muscle mass measurements with CT scan) were part of the routine investigations performed on the geriatric ward, explained to all patients orally and through a standardized information leaflet (admittance brochure).
: In every patient, oral consent was obtained before performing the analyses and this consent was noted down in the electronic patient file. Because this study is to be regarded as an analysis of anonymously registered routine-based data, no new explicit question was addressed to the local ethics committee.