Muscle Weakness and Walking Slowness for the Identification of Sarcopenia in the Older Adults from Northern Brazil: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Alex Barreto de LimaDuarte Henriques-NetoGustavo Dos Santos RibeiroÉlvio R Quintal GouveiaFátima BaptistaPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2022)
Walking slowness is more prevalent in women and muscle weakness is more prevalent in men in Northern Brazil. Walking slowness proved to be more concordant with muscle weakness in both sexes when the CI for handgrip strength was adopted.