International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research 2017 (ICFSR 2017), 27-28 April 2017, Barcelona (Spain)

Thursday, 27 April, 2017 to Friday, 28 April, 2017

The International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR 2017) is organized to raise awareness on frailty and sarcopenia.

Concerning frailty the following topics will be addressed: biology of frailty and aging, physical frailty and age-related body composition modifications, cognitive frailty, frailty in clinical practice and public health, clinical trials and therapeutics.

In the field of sarcopenia the conference will focus on: biology, animal models, preclinical studies, clinical trials, functional assessment, biomarkers and imaging, new drug developments, physical exercise, nutrition intervention, epidemiology.

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