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Grip strength as a predictor of disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

BACKGROUND: Grip strength is one of the main components for the physical functioning in sarcopenia and physical frailty. OBJECTIVES: To explore the role of grip strength measurement at admission for predicting disease severity in COVID-19. METHODS: Demographic data, smoking status, comorbidities, CO...

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Autores principales: Kara, Özgür, Kara, Murat, Akın, Mustafa Emre, Özçakar, Levent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8192888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34217985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2021.06.005