Midlife hand grip strength as a predictor of old age disability

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 558-560

  Rantanen, Taina ^a,d   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Foley, Dan ^a   Masaki, Kamal ^b   Leveille, Suzanne ^a   Curb, J David ^b,c   White, Lon ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0033540719     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.6.558     Document Type: Article

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