Muscular strength as a strong predictor of mortality: A narrative review

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 303-310

  Volaklis, Konstantinos A ^a,b   Halle, Martin ^a,c   Meisinger, Christa ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Ambulantes Herz Rehazentrum   (Germany)

^c Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disease; Epidemiology; Health; Mortality; Muscular strength; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMBASE; ENDOCRINE GLAND; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEOPLASM; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929512684     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.04.013     Document Type: Review

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