Acute inflammation is associated with lower muscle strength, muscle mass and functional dependency in male hospitalised older patients

Jessamine Y. J. Liu; Esmee M. Reijnierse; Jeanine M. van Ancum; Sjors Verlaan; Carel G. M. Meskers; Andrea B. Maier

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0215097

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Acute inflammation is associated with lower muscle strength, muscle mass and functional dependency in male hospitalised older patients

Jessamine Y. J. Liu,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Aged Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Esmee M. Reijnierse,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Aged Care, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Jeanine M. van Ancum,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Sjors Verlaan,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Carel G. M. Meskers,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Andrea B. Maier

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: andrea.maier@mh.org.au

Affiliations Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7206-1724

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Acute inflammation is associated with lower muscle strength, muscle mass and functional dependency in male hospitalised older patients

Jessamine Y. J. Liu,
Esmee M. Reijnierse,
Jeanine M. van Ancum,
Sjors Verlaan,
Carel G. M. Meskers,
Andrea B. Maier

Published: April 15, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215097

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