Hand grip strength and associated factors in non-institutionalised men and women 50 years and older in South Africa

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ramlagan, Shandir ^a   Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Limpopo University   (South Africa)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Gender; Hand grip strength; Health; Older adults; Social factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84891952905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-8     Document Type: Article

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