Factors associated with grip strength decline in older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 269-274

  Sternäng, Ola ^a,b   Reynolds, Chandra A ^c   Finkel, Deborah ^d   Ernsth bravell, Marie ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^e,f   Dahl aslan, Anna K ^a,e  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Gender differences; Grip strength; Lifespan; Longitudinal; Older people; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; GRIP STRENGTH TEST; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORKPLACE; AGE; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SARCOPENIA; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84925293645     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu170     Document Type: Article

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