Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8671670 | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Grip strength is useful for identifying frailty among patients with vascular disease. Frail status based on grip strength is associated with comorbidity, cardiac risk, and sarcopenia in this population. These findings suggest that grip strength may have utility as a simple and inexpensive risk screening tool that is easily implemented in ambulatory clinics, avoids the need for imaging, and overcomes possible limitations of walking-based measures. Lower mean psoas diameters among patients with PAD vs other diagnoses may warrant consideration of specific approaches to morphomic analysis.
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Authors
Thomas E. MD, Rebecca MD, Timothy E. MSPH, James H. BS, Matthew P. MD, Matthew S. MD, MS, Justin B. MD, Gabriela MD, Matthew A. MD, MS,