Handgrip Strength Predicts Functional Decline at Discharge in Hospitalized Male Elderly: A Hospital Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  García Peña, Carmen ^a   García Fabela, Luis C ^b   Gutiérrez Robledo, Luis M ^c   García González, Jose J ^a   Arango Lopera, Victoria E ^c   Pérez Zepeda, Mario U ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Medical Center Toluca   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GERIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880812286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069849     Document Type: Article

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