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Preoperative muscle weakness as defined by handgrip strength and postoperative outcomes: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Reduced muscle strength- commonly characterized by decreased handgrip strength compared to population norms- is associated with numerous untoward outcomes. Preoperative handgrip strength is a potentially attractive real-time, non-invasive, cheap and easy-to-perform "bedside" as...

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Autores principales: Sultan, Pervez, Hamilton, Mark A, Ackland, Gareth L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22251661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-12-1

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