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Handgrip strength is positively related to blood pressure and hypertension risk: results from the National Health and nutrition examination survey

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2018
Background Isometric handgrip resistance exercise, a nonpharmacological lifestyle modification, has been recommended as a first-line treatment for hypertension.
Chao Ji, Liqiang Zheng, Rui Zhang, Qijun Wu, Yuhong Zhao   +4 more
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Gait speed and handgrip strength as predictors of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patients

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Low physical performance in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis is associated with a high mortality rate. We investigated the clinical relevance of gait speed and handgrip strength, the two most commonly used methods of assessing ...
Yu Ho Lee, Jin Sug Kim, Su-Woong Jung, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Ju-Young Moon, Kyung-Hwan Jeong, Sang-Ho Lee, So-Young Lee, Gang Jee Ko, Dong-Young Lee, Hong joo Lee, Yang Gyun Kim   +11 more
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Effectiveness of rTMS on Working Memory and Inhibitory Impairments in Patients With Post‐Stroke Executive Deficits

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Considerable efforts have been dedicated to developing effective treatments for post‐stroke executive impairment (PSEI), among which repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown great potential. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of high‐frequency rTMS on working memory (WM) and response ...
Mengting Lao, Rongwei Du, Zhujun Wang, Yang Gao, Meiling Cheng, Xianglong Wang, Wen Wu   +6 more
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Trends in measures of handgrip strength from 2014 to 2017 among Korean adolescents using the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Object Measuring handgrip strength is a useful method to evaluate sarcopenia. No study has shown the trends of handgrip strength to weight ratio among Korean adolescents by year.
Yunkoo Kang, Jieun Kim, Seung Kim, Sowon Park, Hyunjung Lim, Hong Koh   +5 more
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Muscle weakness after muscle relaxants: An audit of clinical practice [PDF]

, 2004
Publisher's copy made available with the permission of the publisher © Australian Society of AnaesthetistsResidual muscle weakness after general anaesthesia, assessed using handgrip strength, was audited in a teaching hospital.
Alkhazrajy, W., Khorasanee, A., Russell, W.   +2 more
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Association of handgrip strength with blood pressure, waist hip ratio, visceral adiposity index, C-reactive protein among adult population of Kolkata: A hospital based cross-sectional observational study [PDF]

, 2023
Bijoya Bhattacharjee, Joyeta Ghosh, Ankita Bhattacharjee, Khusboo Singh, Sudrita Roychowdhury, Asmita Roy, Shrestha Sarkar, Shreyashree Dutta, S. Bhowmick, Debprasad Chattopadhyay, Jyoti Ratan Ghosh, S. Nag, Kalpana Singh, Sudrita Roy Choudhury, Atanu Bhattacharjee, Ambuj Roy, Sudipa Sarkar, Sankhadeep Dutta, Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, Debprasad Chattopadhyay   +19 more
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RNA Sequencing Resolves Cryptic Pathogenic Variants in Mitochondrial Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Mitochondrial diseases are the most common inherited metabolic disorders, characterized by pronounced clinical and genetic heterogeneity that complicates molecular diagnosis. Although DNA‐based sequencing approaches have become standard in genetic testing, up to half of patients remain without a definitive diagnosis.
Zhimei Liu, Xin Duan, Fatemeh Peymani, Jia Wang, Chengjia Bao, Chaolong Xu, Ying Zou, Zixuan Zhang, Yunxi Zhang, Tongyue Li, Martin Pavlov, Junling Wang, Minhan Song, Tianyu Song, Xiaodi Han, Mingxi Sun, Danmin Shen, Ruoyu Duan, Huafang Jiang, Manting Xu, Holger Prokisch, Fang Fang   +21 more
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Predictors of Handgrip Strength among the Free Living Elderly in Rural Pahang, Malaysia [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2011
Background: Reduced handgrip strength is an aging process that significantly influences the living activities of elderly. It is linked to premature mortality, disability and other health complications among elderly.
FM Moy, EWH Chang, KW Kee
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The study of the correlations between handgrip strength and some anthropometric characteristics of upper extremity of elite and sub-elite Olympic style weightlifting athletes

Physical Education of Students, 2020
Background and Study Aim: Handgrip strength is widely used as a functionality parameter of the upper extremity and general health. The measurement of handgrip strength by dynamometry is a low cost, noninvasive method of simple applicability.
Kenan Erdağı
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Low muscle strength and increased arterial stiffness go hand in hand

Scientific Reports, 2021
Low handgrip strength and increased arterial stiffness are both associated with poor health outcomes, but evidence on the relationship between handgrip strength and arterial stiffness is limited.
Maximilian König, Nikolaus Buchmann, Ute Seeland, Dominik Spira, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Ilja Demuth   +5 more
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