Handgrip strength and muscle quality in Australian women: cross‐sectional data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study

• Auteurs principaux: Sophia X. Sui (Auteur), Kara L. Holloway‐Kew (Auteur), Natalie K. Hyde (Auteur), Lana J. Williams (Auteur), Monica C. Tembo (Auteur), Mohammadreza Mohebbi (Auteur), Marlene Gojanovic (Auteur), Sarah Leach (Auteur), Julie A. Pasco (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wiley, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Low handgrip strength (HGS) is a measure of poor skeletal muscle performance and a marker of ill health and frailty. Muscle quality (MQ) is a measure of muscle strength relative to muscle mass. We aimed to develop normative data for HGS and MQ, report age‐related prevalence of lo...