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Relationship between lower-limb muscle strength and functional independence among elderly people according to frailty criteria: a cross-sectional study
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Muscle strength and functional independence are considered to be determinants of frailty levels among elderly people. The aim here was to compare lower-limb muscle strength (LLMS) with functional independence in relation to sex, age and number of frailty criteria, and to ascer...
Autores principales: | Batista, Fernanda Sotello, Gomes, Grace Angélica de Oliveira, D'Elboux, Maria José, Cintra, Fernanda Aparecida, Neri, Anita Liberalesso, Guariento, Maria Elena, de Souza, Maria da Luz Rosário |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10496748/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25054965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2014.1325669 |
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