Handgrip strength and mortality in the oldest old population: The Leiden 85-plus study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 429-435

  Ling, Carolina H Y ^a   Taekema, Diana ^a,b   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Maier, Andrea B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DYNAMOMETER; HAND STRENGTH; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77950911616     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091278     Document Type: Article

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