Between‐study differences in grip strength: a comparison of Norwegian and Russian adults aged 40-69 years

• Main Authors: Rachel Cooper (Author), Vladimir M. Shkolnikov (Author), Alexander V. Kudryavtsev (Author), Sofia Malyutina (Author), Andrew Ryabikov (Author), Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock (Author), Jonas Johansson (Author), Sarah Cook (Author), David A. Leon (Author), Bjørn Heine Strand (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Identifying individuals with low grip strength is an initial step in many operational definitions of sarcopenia. As evidence indicates that contemporaneous Russian populations may have lower mean levels of grip strength than other populations in northern Europe, we aimed to: comp...