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Reduced upper and lower limb muscle strengths without reduced skeletal muscle in elderly patients with heart failure

Objective: This study aimed to characterize the muscle strength and skeletal muscle mass of patients with heart failure by investigating hand-grip strength, five times sit-to-stand (5STS) results, and skeletal muscle mass index (SMI). Materials and Methods: Muscle strength was assessed based on hand...

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Autores principales: Umehara, Takuya, Kaneguchi, Akinori, Yamasaki, Takahiro, Katayama, Nobuhisa, Kawakami, Wataru, Kuwahara, Daisuke, Kito, Nobuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36700128
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.2022-029