Relationship between lower-limb muscle strength and frailty among elderly people
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Sarcopenia is the main factor involved in the development of frailty syndrome. The aims here were to investigate relationships between lower-limb muscle strength and the variables of sex, age and frailty criteria; compare lower-limb muscle strength with each frailty criterion;...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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| coleção: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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| Acesso em linha: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802012000200006&lng=en&tlng=en |