Muscle mass and muscle strength are associated with pre- and post-hospitalization falls in older male inpatients: a longitudinal cohort study

Jeanine M Van Ancum; Mirjam Pijnappels; Nini H Jonkman; Kira Scheerman; Sjors Verlaan; Carel GM Meskers; Andrea B Maier

Journal article

Muscle mass and muscle strength are associated with pre- and post-hospitalization falls in older male inpatients: a longitudinal cohort study

Jeanine M Van Ancum, Mirjam Pijnappels, Nini H Jonkman, Kira Scheerman, Sjors Verlaan, Carel GM Meskers, Andrea B Maier

BMC Geriatrics | BMC | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-018-0812-5

University of Melbourne Researchers

Andrea Maier Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Grants

Awarded by seventh framework program MYOAGE

Awarded by European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the seventh framework program MYOAGE (HEALTH-2007-2.4.5-10); European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (No 689238 and No 675003); and Nutricia Research, Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, The Netherlands. These funding sources were not involved in the study design, data collection, management, analysis, interpretation of the data, or in writing of the manuscript.