Muscle strength and muscle mass as predictors of hospital length of stay in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19: a prospective observational study.

Saulo GilWilson Jacob FilhoSamuel Katsuyuki ShinjoEduardo FerriolliAlexandre Leopold BusseThiago Junqueira Avelino-SilvaIgor LongobardiGersiel Nascimento de Oliveira JúniorPaul SwintonBruno GualanoHamilton Roschelnull null

Published in: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2021)

Muscle strength and mass assessed upon hospital admission are predictors of LOS in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19, which stresses the value of muscle health in prognosis of this disease.

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