Can early assessment of hand grip strength in older hip fracture patients predict functional outcome?

Decreased muscle strength is not only a risk factor for hip fracture in older patients, but plays a role in recovery of physical function. Our aim was to assess the role of grip strength measured early after hip fracture, and classified according to the EWGSOP2 criteria in predicting short- and long...

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Autores principales: Selakovic, Ivan, Dubljanin-Raspopovic, Emilija, Markovic-Denic, Ljiljana, Marusic, Vuk, Cirkovic, Andja, Kadija, Marko, Tomanovic-Vujadinovic, Sanja, Tulic, Goran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31369561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213223

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6675283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31369561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213223

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