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SAGE Open Medicine, 2020 Measures of handgrip strength can be used to conveniently assess overall muscle strength capacity. Although stand-alone measures of handgrip strength provide robust health information, the clinical meaningfulness to determine prevention and treatment ...
Ryan McGrath +7 more
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An investigation into sleep patterns and the effect of time of day on performance in youth swimmers [PDF]
, 2018 The purpose of this study was to investigate sleep patterns in competitive youth swimmers and to establish any time-of-day effect on physiological and psychological variables linked to swimming performance.
Glen, Jonathan, Grant, Marie Clare
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Handgrip Strength Cannot Be Assumed a Proxy for Overall Muscle Strength [PDF]
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2018 Dynapenia, low muscle strength, is predictive for negative health outcomes and is usually expressed as handgrip strength (HGS). Whether HGS can be a proxy for overall muscle strength and whether this depends on age and health status is controversial.
Yeung, Suey S.Y. +14 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2021 Background Muscular function, such as handgrip strength, has been suggested as an associated factor for cognitive impairment. This study investigated the association between temporal change in handgrip strength and cognitive function using longitudinal ...
Hyunkyu Kim +5 more
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Handgrip Strength as a Darwinian Fitness Indicator in Men [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Handgrip strength (HGS) is a robust measure of overall muscular strength and function, and has long been predictive of a multitude of health factors and physical outcomes for both men and women. The fact that HGS represents such a ubiquitous measure of health and vitality may reflect the significance of this trait during human evolution.
Gallup, Andrew C., Fink, Bernhard
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Aging and Health Research, 2022 Background: Physical activity (PA) is beneficial for the improvement of both physical and cognitive functions for older adults. Handgrip strength is strongly associated with cognition in cross-sectional studies, however, whether handgrip strength is ...
Milan Chang +5 more
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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Intact Parathyroid Hormone Influence Muscle Outcomes in Children and Adolescents [PDF]
, 2018 Increases in 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are shown to improve strength in adults; however, data in pediatric populations are scant and equivocal. In this ancillary study of a larger-scale, multi-sited, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled ...
Addison +55 more
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Ageing, physical function, and the diurnal rhythms of cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone [PDF]
, 2012 The present study examined the relationship between ageing, physical function and the diurnal rhythms of cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Participants were 36 community dwelling older adults aged between 65-86 years old.
Aardal +57 more
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Echocardiography during submaximal isometric exercise in children with repaired coarctation of the aorta compared with controls [PDF]
, 2019 Objective Patients with repaired coarctation (RCoA) remain at higher risk of cardiac dysfunction, initially often only detected during exercise. In this study, haemodynamics of isometric handgrip (HG) and bicycle ergometry (BE) were compared in patients ...
Bové, Thierry +6 more
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A comparative study of handgrip strength among sedentary and non-sedentary workers
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017 Background: India is a developing country with a rapid transformation in lifestyle including inappropriate diet and inadequate physical activity. More the physical activity greater will be the muscle strength.
Ahrsia Valavoor Fathima +4 more
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