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Clinical Nutrition INSIGHT, 2013 The basic function of the human hand is the manipulation and grasping of various objects in all daily activities, including work activities. This is greatly influenced by strength and manual dexterity.
Fernandes, Beatriz, Tomás, Maria Teresa
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Handgrip Strength: An Irreplaceable Indicator of Muscle Function [PDF]
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2021 Sang Yoon Lee
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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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Scientific Reports, 2022 Older adults commonly experience concurrent lower handgrip strength and sensory impairment. However, previous studies have analyzed the individual effects of either handgrip strength or sensory impairment on cognitive impairment.
JuHee Lee +4 more
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An anthropological perspective on hand grip strength as a marker of health, disease and fitness
Hitit Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2023 Handgrip strength is a quick way to assess overall muscle strength. Low handgrip strength is an indicator of poor health. While handgrip strength is related with mortality and morbidity, for some parameters, handgrip strength is even a stronger predictor
Berna Ertuğrul Özener +1 more
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Mental Health and Handgrip Strength Among Older Adults: A Nationwide Study
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2022 Handgrip strength is used as an important indicator of health in older adults. We aimed to explore the association between stress, depression, and suicidal ideation and handgrip strength among older adults.
Yeunhee Kwak PhD, Yoonjung Kim PhD
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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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