Low handgrip strength is associated with falls after the age of 50: findings from the Brazilian longitudinal study of aging (ELSI-Brazil)

• Main Authors: André Pereira dos Santos (Author), Jéssica Fernanda Correa Cordeiro (Author), Pedro Pugliesi Abdalla (Author), Lucimere Bohn (Author), Emerson Sebastião (Author), Leonardo Santos Lopes da Silva (Author), Márcio Fernando Tasinafo-Júnior (Author), Ana Cláudia Rossini Venturini (Author), Alynne Christian Ribeiro Andaki (Author), Edmar Lacerda Mendes (Author), Pablo Jorge Marcos-Pardo (Author), Jorge Mota (Author), Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Aim This study examined the association of low handgrip strength (HGS) for falls in middle-aged adults and older adults every half-decade of life. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted using the public data from the first wave of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Br...