Abstract
Rationale: Sarcopenia is an age-related muscle disease associated with higher mortality, morbidity risk and health costs for which an easy and convenient screening test would be hugely valuable for clinical critical care. The study aimed to assess handgrip strength (HGS) as a screening tool for sarcopenia in acute care-unit inpatients, using the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) 2010 reference standard definition.
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