Grip strength as a frailty diagnostic component in geriatric inpatients

BACKGROUND: Frailty has emerged as a key medical syndrome predictive of comorbidity, disability, institutionalization and death. As a component of the five frailty phenotype diagnostic criteria, patient grip strength deserves attention as a simple and objective measure of the frailty syndrome. The a...

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Autores principales: Dudzińska-Griszek, Joanna, Szuster, Karolina, Szewieczek, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794619
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S140192

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794619
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S140192

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