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Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings

Author(s) -

Helen C. Roberts,

Holly Syddall,

Jonathan Sparkes,

Jan Ritchie,

Joe Butchart,

Alastair Kerr,

Cyrus Cooper,

Avan Aihie Sayer

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft118

Subject(s) - grip strength , medicine , rehabilitation , physical therapy , sarcopenia , activities of daily living , hand strength , gerontology , epidemiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , health care , geriatrics , psychiatry , economics , anatomy , economic growth

low muscle strength is central to geriatric syndromes including sarcopenia and frailty. It is well described in community-dwelling older people, but the epidemiology of grip strength of older people in rehabilitation or long-term care has been little explored.

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