Hand-grip strength predicts incident disability in non-disabled older men

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Giampaoli, Simona ^a   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Cecchi, Francesca ^b   Noce, Cinzia Lo ^a   Poce, Agata ^a   Dima, Francesco ^a   Santaquilani, Augusto ^a   Vescio, Maria Fenicia ^a   Menotti, Alessandro ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly subjects; Hand grip strength

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; JOINT MOBILITY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0032892116     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.3.283     Document Type: Article

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