Grip Strength Decline and Its Determinants in the Very Old: Longitudinal Findings from the Newcastle 85+ Study

BACKGROUND: Weak grip strength (GS) is a key component of sarcopenia and frailty and a powerful predictor of mortality, morbidity and disability. Despite increasing interest in understanding GS across the lifespan, little is known about GS decline in the very old (aged ≥85). We examined trajectories...

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Autores principales: Granic, Antoneta, Davies, Karen, Jagger, Carol, Kirkwood, Thomas B. L., Syddall, Holly E., Sayer, Avan A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5026378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27637107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163183

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