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Handgrip strength, quadriceps muscle power, and optimal shortening velocity roles in maintaining functional abilities in older adults living in a long-term care home: a 1-year follow-up study

PURPOSE: To assess the relative role of handgrip strength (HGS), quadriceps muscle power (P(max)), and optimal shortening velocity (υ(opt)) in maintaining functional abilities (FAs) in older adults living in a long-term care home over a 1-year follow-up. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Forty-one inactive olde...

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Autores principales: Kozicka, Izabela, Kostka, Tomasz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307720
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S101043