Handgrip Strength and Factors Associated in Poor Elderly Assisted at a Primary Care Unit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Sarcopenia is a condition diagnosed when the patient presents low muscle mass, plus low muscle strength or low physical performance. Muscle weakness in the oldest (dynapenia) is a major public health concern because it predicts future all-cause mortality and is associated with falls, d...

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Autores principales: Lino, Valéria Teresa Saraiva, Rodrigues, Nádia Cristina Pinheiro, O’Dwyer, Gisele, Andrade, Mônica Kramer de Noronha, Mattos, Inês Echenique, Portela, Margareth Crisóstomo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5104380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166373

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