What is it about?
The study is a literature review that demonstrates how handgrip strength can be used in the assessment of people living with HIV, in particular, reporting the relationship between grip strength and risk factors and cardiometabolic diseases. In addition, the study presents the relationship between aging and HIV infection itself on handgrip strength.
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Why is it important?
Handgrip strength is a low-cost resource that is easy to use with patients. In addition, handgrip strength can be used as a health indicator, since it is associated with risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases and mortality.
Perspectives
Thus, the present study provides, through a literature review, useful and relevant information on the application of handgrip strength in people living with HIV, in particular, relating it to aging, HIV infection, mortality, risk factors and cardiometabolic diseases.
Luiz Fernando Gouvêa-e-Silva
Universidade Federal de Jataí
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This page is a summary of: Handgrip Strength and Clinical Evolution of People Living with HIV: A Mini Narrative Review, Current HIV Research, July 2024, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/011570162x306973240802104449.
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