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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 as an indicator for death events in China: A longitudinal cohort study.
PLoS ONE, 2022 Studies have shown the indicative role of handgrip strength in health. However, there is limited evidence revealing its potential effect on death events among middle-aged and older adults in China.
Kaihong Xie +8 more
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Peak expiratory flow mediates the relationship between handgrip strength and timed up and go performance in elderly women, but not men [PDF]
Clinics, 2016 OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to verify if there is sex difference in the associations among handgrip strength, peak expiratory flow (PEF) and timed up and go (TUG) test results.
Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias +7 more
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Effects of overnight fasting on handgrip strength in inpatients [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo), 2018 Objective: To investigate the effects of overnight fasting on handgrip strength of adult inpatients. Methods: A prospective clinical study enrolling 221 adult patients.
Wesley Santana Correa-Arruda +3 more
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Evaluation of handgrip strength in children with pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
Cardiology in the YoungAbstractBackground:Handgrip strength is a crucial indicator of upper extremity muscular strength and is vital for monitoring disorders like cardiac diseases that restrict a patient’s physical activity and result in muscle atrophy. The aim of our study was to evaluate whether muscle strength loss is present in patients with pulmonary hypertension and ...
Akif Kavgacı +7 more
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The Journal of Nutrition, Health and AgingObjectives: This study aimed to explore the links of handgrip strength and asymmetry with cognitive impairment. Design: This was a seven-year prospective cohort study.
Tao-Chun Peng +3 more
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Handgrip Strength as a Predictor of Muscular Strength and Endurance: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Reliable muscle strength measurement of individual muscle groups is time-consuming and so it would be convenient to have a single, quick and simple tool as an indicator of the general muscle strength.
Shlesha Maulik Vaidya +1 more
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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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Use of different reference values for handgrip strength in individuals with COPD: analysis of agreement, discriminative capacity, and main clinical implications [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2022 Objective: To identify reference values for handgrip strength through a literature search and compare the agreement of reference values from Brazil with others for handgrip strength in a sample of COPD patients in Brazil, as well as to determine which ...
Jéssica Fonseca +6 more
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Jornal de Pediatria, 2022 Objective: The objective of this study is twofold: i) to estimate the normative values for handgrip strength and relative handgrip strength, specific to sex and age, for Colombian children and adolescents from 6 to 17 years of age using quantile ...
Javier Martínez-Torres +2 more
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