Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness

BACKGROUND. Weakness is common and contributes to disability, but no consensus exists regarding a strength cutpoint to identify persons at high risk. This analysis, conducted as part of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Sarcopenia Project, sought to identify cutpoints that disting...

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Main Authors: Alley, Dawn E., Shardell, Michelle D., Peters, Katherine W., McLean, Robert R., Dam, Thuy-Tien L., Kenny, Anne M., Fragala, Maren S., Harris, Tamara B., Kiel, Douglas P., Guralnik, Jack M., Ferrucci, Luigi, Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Studenski, Stephanie A., Vassileva, Maria T., Cawthon, Peggy M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991145/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24737558
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glu011
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