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Hand grip strength and associated factors among nurses in Birjand, Iran in 2022: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

Nursing and Midwifery Studies
Background: Handgrip strength is a critical component of a nurse's ability to perform essential duties, including patient handling and the use of medical instruments.
Farzane Vatani Moghaddam, Zeinab Saremi, Mohammad Hamed Hosseini   +2 more
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Handgrip strength and the fear of falling in elderly / Força de preensão palmar em idosos e o medo de cair [PDF]

, 2021
Ana Júlia de Souza Garcia, Isabella Ue Toy, Mirian Ueda Yamaguchi, Marcelo Picinin Bernuci, Patrícia Nascimento Peres   +4 more
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Handgrip strength of Australian adults

, 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 factors (work and lifestyle demands) have a significant influence on HGS and should be considered when ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-related reduction and independent predictors of toe flexor strength in middle-aged men

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2017
Background Toe flexor muscles play an important role in posture and locomotion, and poor toe flexor strength is a risk factor for falls. In this cross-sectional study, we estimated the age-related change in toe flexor strength and compared it with that ...
Masataka Suwa, Takayuki Imoto, Akira Kida, Mitsunori Iwase, Takashi Yokochi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between diabetes and both cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality are modified by grip strength: evidence from UK Biobank, a prospective population-based cohort study [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE Grip strength and diabetes are predictors of mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD), but whether these risk factors interact to predispose to adverse health outcomes is unknown.
Anderson, Jana, Celis-Morales, Carlos A., Gill, Jason M.R., Gray, Stuart R., Hui, Li, Iliodromiti, Stamatina, Lyall, Donald M., Mackay, Daniel F., McLaren, James, Pell, Jill P., Petermann, Fanny, Sattar, Naveed, Welsh, Paul   +12 more
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Sarcopenia in male patients with head and neck cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy: a longitudinal pilot study [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: Muscle wasting conditions such as sarcopenia may be highly prevalent in advanced head and neck cancer (HNC) patients (16-71%), with these prevalence rates substantially greater in those who have received chemo-radiotherapy (CRT).
Chauhan, Namrata S, Keogh, Justin W L, Meenar, Niranjan, Samuel, Stephen Rajan, Saxena, Pu Prakash   +4 more
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Biopsychosocial Determinants of Hand Function and Its Trajectories Over Five Years in Patients With Hand Osteoarthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to investigate hand function trajectories over five years in primary hand osteoarthritis (OA). Additionally, determinants of baseline and longitudinal hand function were assessed. Methods A total of 538 patients with both baseline and five‐year study visits were analyzed.
Annemiek V. E. M. Olde Meule, Coen van der Meulen, Jos Runhaar, Frits R. Rosendaal, Margreet Kloppenburg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-Intensity Interval Circuit Training Versus Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training on Functional Ability and Body Mass Index in Middle-Aged and Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

, 2019
The literature suggests that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective than moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) to improve functional ability. However, there is no evidence on including HIIT in a circuit programme (HIICT).
Ballesta-García, Ismael, Carrasco Poyatos, María, Martínez González-Moro, Ignacio, Rubio Arias, Jacobo Á.   +3 more
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Frailty is independently associated with increased hospitalisation days in patients on the liver transplant waitlist [PDF]

, 2016
AIM: To investigate the impact of physical frailty on risk of hospitalisation in cirrhotic patients on the liver transplant waitlist. METHODS: Cirrhotics listed for liver transplantation at a single centre underwent frailty assessments using the Fried ...
Dodge, Jennifer L, Lai, Jennifer C, Poltayskiy, Eduard, Sinclair, Marie   +3 more
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