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Handgrip Strength and Its Associated Factors among Community-dwelling Elderly in Sri Lanka: A Cross-sectional Study

Purpose: Low muscle strength is central to geriatric physical disabilities and mortality. The purpose of the present study was to examine handgrip strength (HGS) and its associated factors among community-dwelling older people in Sri Lanka. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Kandy...

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Hauptverfasser: Hewaratne D.W.T. Damayanthi, Foong-Ming Moy, Kathijah L. Abdullah, Samath D. Dharmaratne
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Schriftenreihe:Asian Nursing Research
Online Zugang:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1976131717306941
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