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A comparison between an ICT tool and a traditional physical measure for frailty evaluation in older adults

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Published Online: 2019-03-21

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Mulasso, Anna

Brustio, Paolo Riccardo

Rainoldi, Alberto http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-2898
Zia, Gianluca

Feletti, Luca

N’dja, Aurèle

Del Signore, Susanna

Poggiogalle, Eleonora

Luisi, Federica

Donini, Lorenzo Maria
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Article History

Received: 24 August 2018

Accepted: 26 February 2019

First Online: 21 March 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was sustained by IMI (Innovative Medicine Initiative) in the grant agreement No 115621 Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multi-componenT Treatment strategies – SPRINTT – and Amendment No 2, 22 May 2015. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Protocol Number: 15607/15). The test of the device was included in all SPRINTT ethics approvals. All the participants signed their written informed consent statement in conformity with Italian law and the ethical code of the American Psychological Association.

: Not applicable.

: Caretek s.r.l. is the manufacturer of the ADAMO system. Authors GZ and LF was employed by company Caretek s.r.l. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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