Low protein intake, muscle strength and physical performance in the very old: The Newcastle 85+ Study

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 2260-2270

  Granic, Antoneta ^a,b   Mendonça, Nuno ^a,c   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,b,d,e   Hill, Tom R ^a,c   Davies, Karen ^a,b   Adamson, Ashley ^a,c   Siervo, Mario ^a   Mathers, John C ^a   Jagger, Carol ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged 80 and over; Grip strength; Low protein intake; Newcastle 85+ Study; Physical activity; Timed Up and Go test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DWELLING PERSON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; DIET; EATING; HAND STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85035206698     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.11.005     Document Type: Article

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