Loss of muscle strength in patients under hemodialysis evaluated by dynamometry in the Mexican population.

CONCLUSION: patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment for chronic kidney disease were found to be at the 10th percentile for muscle strength, as measured by dynamometry, thus demonstrating a marked decrease in muscle strength. This result could, however, also have been affected by different variables such as patient age, height, weight, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), hemoglobin concentration, serum creatinine, serum glucose, and the subjective global assessment, given that a significant association was also found between these and muscle strength.
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Source: Nutricion Hospitalaria - September 21, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Hernández Corona DM, González Heredia T, Méndez Del Villar M, Pazarin Villaseñor L, Yanowsky Escatell FG, Topete Reyes JF Tags: Nutr Hosp Source Type: research