Relationship between age and handgrip strength: Proposal of reference values from infancy to senescence

• Main Authors: Rossana Gómez-Campos (Author), Rubén Vidal Espinoza (Author), Miguel de Arruda (Author), Enio Ricardo Vaz Ronque (Author), Camilo Urra-Albornoz (Author), Juan Carlos Minango (Author), Fernando Alvear-Vasquez (Author), Christian de la Torre Choque (Author), Luis Felipe Castelli Correia de Campos (Author), Jose Sulla Torres (Author), Marco Cossio-Bolaños (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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IntroductionMeasurement of hand grip strength (HGS) has been proposed as a key component of frailty and has also been suggested as a central biomarker of healthy aging and a powerful predictor of future morbidity and mortality.Objectives(a) To determine whether a nonlinear relationship model could i...