Decreased muscle strength and quality in older adults with type 2 diabetes: the health, aging, and body composition study
Park SW;Goodpaster BH;Strotmeyer ES;de Rekeneire N;Harris TB;Schwartz AV;Tylavsky FA;Newman AB;;
Diabetes2006Vol. 55pp. -
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Abstract
Adequate skeletal muscle strength is essential for physical functioning and low muscle strength is a predictor of physical limitations. Older adults with diabetes have a two- to threefold increased risk of physical disability. However, muscle strength has never been investigated with regard to diabe …