Association of handgrip strength with health care utilisation among older adults: A longitudinal study in China
Chinese older adults with weakness or HGS asymmetry used more health care. Interventions for improving muscle strength and correcting strength asymmetry are highly recommended, with the potential to considerably save households and health care systems.
Authors
- Zhiguang Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-0940)
- Fengzhu Xie
- Yueyue You (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-1987)
- Deliang Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7650-5799)
- Yali Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-9666)
- Ziyang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-6877)
- Xiaobing Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0118-3908)
Institutions
- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Shenzhen Chronic Disease Prevention Center (CN)
- Advanced Neural Dynamics (United States) (US)
- Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04160
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.65