Handgrip strength as a hospital admission nutritional risk screening method

Objective: To investigate if handgrip strength ( HGS) could be used as a single screening procedure in identifying patients who are classified as being undernourished or nutritionally-at-risk at hospital admission. Design: Cross-sectional study. In the second day of hospital admission, HGS was evalu...

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Autor principal: Matos, LC (author)
Outros Autores: Tavares, MM (author), Amaral, TF (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2007
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Texto completo:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/92036
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/92036