Determinants of handgrip strength in free-living elderly at risk of malnutrition

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1181-1186

  van Lier, A M ^a   Payette, Helene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0142180113     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001599943     Document Type: Article

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