Muscle strength and physical performance as predictors of mortality, hospitalization, and disability in the oldest old

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1030-1038

  Legrand, Delphine ^a   Vaes, Bert ^a,b   Matheï, Catharina ^a,b   Adriaensen, Wim ^a,b   Van Pottelbergh, Gijs ^a,b   Degryse, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

functional decline; inflammatory markers; mortality; muscle strength; physical performance

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY SCORE;

FUNCTIONAL DECLINE; INFLAMMATORY MARKERS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902350003     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12840     Document Type: Article

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