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Identification of muscle weakness in older adults from normalized upper and lower limbs strength: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: To propose cut-off points for older adults’ weakness for upper and lower limbs muscle strength normalized by body size with the ratio standard/muscle quality and allometric scaling. METHODS: Ninety-four community-dwelling older adults (69.1% women) were assessed for 49 body-size variable...

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Autores principales: Abdalla, Pedro Pugliesi, Bohn, Lucimere, da Silva, Leonardo Santos Lopes, dos Santos, André Pereira, Tasinafo Junior, Marcio Fernando, Venturini, Ana Claudia Rossini, dos Santos Carvalho, Anderson, Gomez, David Martinez, Mota, Jorge, Machado, Dalmo Roberto Lopes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34922598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-021-00390-1