Effects of measurement protocols and repetitions on handgrip strength weakness and asymmetry in patients with cancer

• Main Authors: Xiaoyan Chen (Author), Lingling Xie (Author), Xin Xia (Author), Xiaozhen Luo (Author), Jing Chen (Author), Jing Zhang (Author), QinLan Li (Author), Xuemei Zhang (Author), Jiaojiao Jiang (Author), Ming Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The use of handgrip strength (HGS) in clinical cancer research is surging. The association between HGS and outcomes in patients with cancer varied across studies, which might be due to the different measurement protocols for HGS. We aimed to answer three questions: (1) Did the us...