A prospective study of hand grip strength and cardiovascular outcomes in a cardiovascular intensive care unit
Hand grip strength provides a simple point of care assessment in the CVICU for determination of patient frailty. Lower values are independently associated with hospital length of stay among non-procedural patients.
Authors
- Binaya Basyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-9948)
- Neha Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7606-4612)
- Evan Czulada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1502-2006)
- Alexandra Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8100-5388)
- P. Mabel Nelson
- C. K. Adams
- Allen J. Taylor
- Harish Jarrett
Institutions
- Georgetown University (US)
- Lankenau Heart Institute (US)
- MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2025.1677500
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00