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Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings

Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings
Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings
older people in rehabilitation and care home settings had lower grip strength than reported for those living at home. Furthermore grip strength varied widely between healthcare settings independent of known major influences. Further research is required to ascertain whether grip strength may help identify people at risk of adverse health outcomes within these settings
grip strength, older people, healthcare setting, rehabilitation, nursing home
0002-0729
241-246
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Roberts, H.C., Syddall, H.E., Sparkes, Jonathan, Ritchie, Jan, Butchart, Joe, Kerr, Alastair, Cooper, Cyrus and Sayer, A.A. (2014) Grip strength and its determinants among older people in different healthcare settings. Age and Ageing, 43 (2), 241-246. (doi:10.1093/ageing/aft118). (PMID:23926093)

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older people in rehabilitation and care home settings had lower grip strength than reported for those living at home. Furthermore grip strength varied widely between healthcare settings independent of known major influences. Further research is required to ascertain whether grip strength may help identify people at risk of adverse health outcomes within these settings

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Accepted/In Press date: 4 June 2013
e-pub ahead of print date: 7 August 2013
Published date: 1 March 2014
Keywords: grip strength, older people, healthcare setting, rehabilitation, nursing home

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Local EPrints ID: 363183
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/363183
ISSN: 0002-0729
PURE UUID: bd6da3dd-5769-4bdf-8511-19adec19916f
ORCID for H.C. Roberts: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-1880
ORCID for H.E. Syddall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0171-0306
ORCID for Cyrus Cooper: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-0709

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Date deposited: 24 Mar 2014 09:03
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:56

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Author: H.C. Roberts ORCID iD
Author: H.E. Syddall ORCID iD
Author: Jonathan Sparkes
Author: Jan Ritchie
Author: Joe Butchart
Author: Alastair Kerr
Author: Cyrus Cooper ORCID iD
Author: A.A. Sayer

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