Association of Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness and Handgrip Strength with nutritional status in cancer patients.
Katarina Papera ValenteBetullya Lucas AlmeidaThailiny Ricati LazzariniVanusa Felício de SouzaThamirys de Souza Chaves RibeiroRafael Araújo Guedes de MoraesTaísa Sabrina Silva PereiraValdete Regina GuandaliniPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Correlations between anthropometric measurements and the PG-SGA score with APMT and Handgrip Strength were observed, even after adjusting for age and sex. These associations demonstrate that APMT and Handgrip Strength can be used with criterion in patients with cancer as complementary methods to evaluate nutritional risk and the need for nutritional intervention.