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Handgrip strength at midlife and familial longevity [PDF]
, 2011 Low handgrip strength has been linked with premature mortality in diverse samples of middle-aged and elderly subjects. The value of handgrip strength as marker of "exceptional" human longevity has not been previously explored.
Andrea B. Maier +4 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 +4 more
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Handgrip strength, inflammatory markers, and mortality [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2019 PurposeTo investigate the extent to which inflammatory markers explain the association between handgrip strength and mortality.MethodsAnalyses of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Handgrip strength and inflammatory marker data (C‐reactive protein and fibrinogen) were collected at baseline (2004/5) and inflammatory marker data at ...
Lee Smith, Lin Yang, Mark Hamer
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Handgrip Strength and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
The American Journal of Cardiology, 2020 Consistent evidence suggests inverse and independent associations between handgrip strength (HGS) and cardiovascular outcomes. However, whether HGS is specifically related to future risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) is uncertain. We sought to assess the prospective association between HGS and risk of AF.
Setor K. Kunutsor +5 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Background: The knowledge of the association between low handgrip strength and mortality among older Chinese inpatients is limited. Given China's aging society, a great number of older adults require hospital admission.Objective: To explore the ...
Xiao-Ming Zhang +11 more
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2023 Background Although absolute handgrip strength has been associated with health-related outcomes in older adults, little evidence has been provided regarding its adjustment by a variety of body size dimensions. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was
Mario Kasović +5 more
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Longitudinal Association of Handgrip Strength with Medical Use and the Risk of Hospitalization in Korean Adults [PDF]
The Asian Journal of Kinesiology, 2021 OBJECTIVES Age-related loss of muscular strength may contribute to medical health condition. Decreased handgrip strength is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases, disability, and mortality.
Junghoon Kim
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Handgrip strength, a measure of muscular strength is a powerful predictor of declines in intrinsic capacity, functional abilities, the onset of morbidity and mortality among older adults.
P. Arokiasamy +3 more
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Children, 2022 Handgrip strength is a simple measure of general muscle strength and is related to functionality in people with intellectual disabilities. The objective of this research was to describe the normative values of absolute and relative handgrip strength in ...
Claudio Farías-Valenzuela +6 more
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Handgrip and sex-specific cardiometabolic risk factors in Hispanic/Latino migrant farmworkers
Scientific Reports, 2021 Studies have suggested that handgrip strength might be a marker for cardiometabolic risk (CMR), but it has not been studied in Hispanic/Latino farmworker population.
Anas Raed +13 more
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