Decreased muscle strength and quality in older adults with type 2 diabetes: the health, aging, and body composition study.

SW, Park; BH, Goodpaster; ES, Strotmeyer; Rekeneire N, de; TB, Harris; AV, Schwartz; FA, Tylavsky; AB, Newman

doi:10.2337/db05-1183

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Decreased muscle strength and quality in older adults with type 2 diabetes: the health, aging, and body composition study.

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Authors:

Park SW

Goodpaster BH

Strotmeyer ES

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...

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