Association of Handgrip Strength and Muscle Mass with Dependency in (Instrumental) Activities of Daily Living in Hospitalized Older Adults -The EMPOWER Study

OBJECTIVES: Handgrip strength (HGS) and muscle mass are strong predictors for dependency in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) in community dwelling older adults. Whether this also applies to older hospitalized patients is yet unknown. We studied the...

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Autores principales: Meskers, C. G. M., Reijnierse, E. M., Numans, S. T., Kruizinga, R. C., Pierik, V. D., van Ancum, J. M., Slee-Valentijn, M., Scheerman, K., Verlaan, S., Maier, Andrea B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Paris 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12603-019-1170-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12603-019-1170-5

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