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Gait speed and handgrip strength as predictors of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in hemodialysis patient

2020-04-27

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background</bold> Low physical performance in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis is associated with a high mortality rate. We investigated the clinical relevance of gait speed and handgrip strength, the two most commonly used methods of assessing physical performance.<bold>Methods </bold>We obtained data regarding gait speed and handgrip strength from 277 hemodialysis pa...

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1e1c366a-b8f2-54b2-bbd8-c4f14ca07d39
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10.21203/rs.2.21802/v3
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