Handgrip strength as a surrogate marker of lean mass and risk of malnutrition in paediatric patients

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The use of handgrip strength (HGS) as a proxy of nutritional status in sick children has not been studied. This study created HGS centile charts in healthy children and explored the utility of HGS z-scores as markers of body composition and screening of malnutrition risk in si...

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Autores principales: Mckirdy, Shona, Nichols, Ben, Williamson, Sarah, Gerasimidis, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34464858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.08.005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34464858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.08.005

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