Handgrip strength as a predictor of functional, psychological and social health. A prospective population-based study among the oldest old

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-337

  Taekema, Diana G ^a,b   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a   Maier, Andrea B ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   de Craen, Anton J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Handgrip strength; Health; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 77951924784     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq022     Document Type: Article

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