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Objective physical measures and their association with subjective functional limitations in a representative study population of older Thais

BACKGROUND: In this study, we analyzed elderly people in Thailand to identify the validity of suggested cutoff points of physical measures, handgrip strength, usual walking speed, and a composite score of both measures to predict functional limitations. Moreover, we examined whether these physical p...

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Autores principales: Prasitsiriphon, Orawan, Weber, Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30836934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1093-3