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Comparison between Two Different Handgrip Systems and Protocols on Force Reduction in Handgrip Assessment [PDF]

Gerontology, 2023
Introduction: Fatigue resistance (FR) can be assessed as the time during which grip strength (GS) drops to 50% of its maximum during a sustained maximal voluntary contraction. For the first time, we compared force-time characteristics during FR test between two different handgrip systems and investigated age- and clinical-related differences in order ...
Liza De Dobbeleer, David Beckwée, Pauline Arnold, Stéphane Baudry, Ingo Beyer, Jeroen Demarteau, Siddhartha Lieten, Ynes Punie, Ivan Bautmans   +8 more
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Handgrip Strength in Fibromyalgia [PDF]

Archives of Rheumatology, 2016
Objectives: This study aims to compare the handgrip strength values of fibromyalgia (FM) patients and healthy individuals and to demonstrate the relationship between clinical factors and FM disease severity. Patients and methods: Twenty-five female patients (mean age 34±9.2 years; range 20 to 50 years) with FM and 23 age- and body mass index-similar ...
Kurtuluş, Köklü, Merve, Sarigül, Zuhal, Özişler, Hülya, Şirzai, Sumru, Özel   +4 more
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Handgrip Strength Is Associated with Specific Aspects of Vascular Function in Individuals with Metabolic Syndrome

Biomedicines, 2023
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a disorder associated with an increased risk for the development of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Lower isometric handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases.
Juan Carlos Sánchez-Delgado, Daniel D. Cohen, Paul A. Camacho-López, Javier Carreño-Robayo, Alvaro Castañeda-Hernández, Daniel García-González, Daniel Martínez-Bello, Gustavo Aroca-Martinez, Gianfranco Parati, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo   +9 more
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Reliability of Sports Medical Solutions Handgrip and Jamar Handgrip Dynamometer [PDF]

Measurement Science Review, 2020
Abstract The aim of this paper is to determine inter-reliability, concurrent validity, and interchangeability of the SMS HG dynamometric system and a Jamar digital dynamometer for hand grip strength measurements performed in two relevant positions of the elbow joint, i.e. 90 ° flexion and 180 ° (full) extension.
Marković Stefan, Dopsaj Milivoj, Veljković Veljko   +2 more
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Motor Conduction Studies and Handgrip in Hereditary TTR Amyloidosis: Simple Tools to Evaluate the Upper Limbs

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
PurposeHereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv) is caused by mutations in the TTR gene, leading to misfolded monomers that aggregate generating amyloid fibrils.
Vincenzo Di Stefano, Ewan Thomas, Valerio Giustino, Salvatore Iacono, Angelo Torrente, Guglielmo Pillitteri, Andrea Gagliardo, Antonino Lupica, Antonio Palma, Giuseppe Battaglia, Filippo Brighina   +10 more
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Handgrip strength of Australian adults [PDF]

, 2023
Louise Myles studied how and why Australian adult Handgrip strength is assessed including what factors most strongly predict handgrip strength. Biological factors (age, gender, height, hand length and width and forearm circumference) and functional ...
Myles, Louise Caroline
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HANDGRIP STRENGTH AND HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH COPD [PDF]

Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2020
In individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), skeletal muscle wasting and changes in muscle fiber composition limit the muscle strength with consequences on daily physical activities. In the present study we aimed to investigate about
Fabio Perrotta
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Nutritional status and survival of 8247 cancer patients with or without diabetes mellitus—results from a prospective cohort study

Cancer Medicine, 2020
Background The number of cancer patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is steadily rising. Little is known about the nutritional status of this population.
Minghua Cong, Wenjie Zhu, Chang Wang, Zhenming Fu, Chunhua Song, Zhong Dai, Keqing Yao, Zengqing Guo, Yuan Lin, Yingying Shi, Wen Hu, Yi Ba, Suyi Li, Zengning Li, Kunhua Wang, Jing Wu, Ying He, Jiajun Yang, Conghua Xie, Xinxia Song, Gongyan Chen, Wenjun Ma, Suxia Luo, Zihua Chen, Hu Ma, Chunling Zhou, Wei Wang, Qi Luo, Yongmei Shi, Yumei Qi, Haiping Jiang, Wenxian Guan, Junqiang Chen, Jiaxin Chen, Yu Fang, Lan Zhou, Yongdong Feng, Rongshao Tan, Tao Li, Junwen Ou, Qingchuan Zhao, Jianxiong Wu, Li Deng, Xin Lin, Liuqing Yang, Hongxia Xu, Wei Li, Lei Yu, Hanping Shi, Investigation on Nutrition Status, Clinical Outcome of Common Cancers (INSCOC) Group   +49 more
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Unveiling the Burden of Interactions Among Clinical Risk Factors for 1-Year Mortality in Hospitalized Older Patients

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Hospitalized older patients are particularly exposed to adverse health outcomes.Objective: In this study, we aimed at investigating the prognostic interactions between disability in basic activities of daily living (BADL), cognitive ...
Fabrizia Lattanzio, Valentina Corigliano, Luca Soraci, Alessia Fumagalli, Graziano Onder, Stefano Volpato, Stefano Volpato, Antonio Cherubini, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Annalisa Cozza, Francesco Guarasci, Andrea Corsonello, Andrea Corsonello   +12 more
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Association of hemoglobin concentration with handgrip strength in relation to hepatocyte growth factor levels among elderly Japanese men aged 60–69 years: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Hemoglobin concentration reportedly is positively associated with muscle strength, for example, handgrip strength. However, hemoglobin cannot repair muscle directly, but is beneficial only in a supportive role. Since hepatocyte growth factor (
Noguchi, Yuko, Kawashiri, Shin-Ya, Jun Koyamatsu, Nagayoshi, Mako, Arima, Kazuhiko, Mami Tamai, Yuji Shimizu, Kazuhiko Arima, Koyamatsu, Jun, Mako Nagayoshi, Yuko Noguchi, Fukui, Shoichi, Shimizu, Yuji, Tamai, Mami, Maeda, Takahiro, Kairi Kiyoura, Takahiro Maeda, Kiyoura, Kairi, Shin-Ya Kawashiri, Yamanashi, Hirotomo, Hirotomo Yamanashi, Shoichi Fukui   +21 more
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