Handgrip strength predicts survival and is associated with markers of clinical and functional outcomes in advanced cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3261-3270

  Kilgour, R D ^a,b   Vigano, A ^a,c   Trutschnigg, B ^a   Lucar, E ^a   Borod, M ^c   Morais, J A ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Handgrip; Quality of life; Sarcopenia; Strength; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP PERFORMANCE STATUS SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOPENIA; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TORQUE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOPENIA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84889092133     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1894-4     Document Type: Article

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