Hand grip strength test and its use in nutritional assessment;A dinamometria manual e seu uso na avaliação nutricional

Revista de Nutricao

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-235

  Schlüssel, Michael Maia ^a   Dos Anjos, Luiz Antonio ^b   Kac, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Handgrip strength; Nutritional status; Reference values

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849105251     PISSN: 14155273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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