Hand grip strength: Outcome predictor and marker of nutritional status

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Norman, Kristina ^a   Stobäus, Nicole ^a   Gonzalez, M Cristina ^b   Schulzke, Jörg Dieter ^a   Pirlich, Matthias ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c Evangelische Elisabeth Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease related malnutrition; Hand grip strength; Muscle function; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE DENSITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79953047284     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.09.010     Document Type: Review

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