Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 542-550 , May 2010

Validation of handgrip strength and endurance as a measure of physical function and quality of life in healthy subjects and patients

  • Lene H. Jakobsen, M.Sc.

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    • Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45-3533-3281; fax: +45-3533-2483.
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  • Ingeborg K. Rask, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jens Kondrup, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Clinical Nutritional Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Received 5 January 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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 The Danish Meat Association sponsored this study. Akern/RJL Systems (Florence, Italy) provided the ElectroFluidGraph.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00284-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.015

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 542-550 , May 2010

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