Handgrip strength is an independent predictor of functional outcome in hip-fracture women: a prospective study with 6-month follow-up.

The objective of this study was to investigate the contribution of handgrip strength in predicting the functional outcome after hip fracture in women.We prospectively investigated white women (N = 193 of 207) who were consecutively admitted to a rehabilitation hospital after a hip fracture. We measured handgrip strength with a Jamar dynamometer (Lafayette Instrument Co, Lafayette, IN), on admission to rehabilitation.

Presarcopenia and sarcopenia in hip-fracture women: prevalence and association with ability to function in activities of daily living.

Background And Aims: Sarcopenia staging systems have been proposed, but little is known on their application in hip-fracture patients. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of presarcopenia and sarcopenia and their association with ability to function in activities of daily living in hip-fracture women.

Methods: We investigated white women (N = 138 of 149) who were consecutively admitted to a rehabilitation hospital because of their first hip fracture.

Handgrip strength but not appendicular lean mass is an independent predictor of functional outcome in hip-fracture women: a short-term prospective study.

Objective: To investigate the contribution of muscle mass and handgrip strength in predicting the functional outcome after hip fracture in women.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: Rehabilitation hospital.