Using hand grip strength to detect slow walking speed in older adults: the Yilan study

BACKGROUND: Walking speed is an important health indicator in older adults, although its measurement can be challenging because of the functional decline due to aging and limited environment. The aim of this study was to examine whether hand grip strength can be a useful proxy for detecting slow wal...

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Autores principales: Lin, Yen-Huai, Chen, Hsi-Chung, Hsu, Nai-Wei, Chou, Pesus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8285830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34271880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02361-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8285830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34271880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02361-0

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