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Reference values for handgrip strength and their association with intrinsic capacity domains among older adults

OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were three‐fold: (i) to describe handgrip strength in older individuals aged ≥60 years in Colombia; (ii) to identify sex‐specific and age‐specific muscle weakness cut‐off points in older adults; and (iii) to determine the odds of adverse events for each of the i...

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Autores principales: Ramírez‐Vélez, Robinson, Correa‐Bautista, Jorge Enrique, García‐Hermoso, Antonio, Cano, Carlos Alberto, Izquierdo, Mikel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30843369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12373