Do More Recent Born Generations of Older Adults Have Stronger Grip? A Comparison of Three Cohorts of 66- to 84-Year-Olds in the Tromsø Study

BACKGROUND: Evidence pertaining to whether more recent born generations of adults reaching old age have better physical capability than previous generations is scarce and inconclusive. We aimed to investigate birth cohort differences in grip strength. METHODS: The study comprised 5,595 individuals f...

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Autores principales: Strand, Bjørn Heine, Bergland, Astrid, Jørgensen, Lone, Schirmer, Henrik, Emaus, Nina, Cooper, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6417452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly234

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