Handgrip strength values of Portuguese older adults: a population based study

BACKGROUND: Handgrip strength is used to identify sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes, being a potential predictor of mortality in older adults. However, uniformity is lacking in the reference values. This study aimed to describe handgrip strength values of older population aged ≥65 years in Portugal,...

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Autores principales: Mendes, Joana, Amaral, Teresa F., Borges, Nuno, Santos, Alejandro, Padrão, Patrícia, Moreira, Pedro, Afonso, Cláudia, Negrão, Rita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0590-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0590-5

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