Hand grip strength and incident ADL disability in elderly Mexican Americans over a seven-year period

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 481-486

  Al Snih, Soham ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^b   Raji, Mukaila A ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL; Aging; Disability; Hand grip strength; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

EID: 13544249958     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03327406     Document Type: Article

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