Longitudinal association between handgrip strength, gait speed and risk of serious falls in a community-dwelling older population

• Thao Pham,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-557X

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• John J. McNeil,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Anna L. Barker,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Suzanne G. Orchard,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Anne B. Newman,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Aging and Population Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Catherine Robb,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Michael E. Ernst,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Family Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Sara Espinoza,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology & Palliative Medicine, Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

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• Robyn L. Woods,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Mark R. Nelson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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• Lawrence Beilin,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical School, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

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• Sultana Monira Hussain

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Monira.hussain@monash.edu

  Affiliations School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Medical Education, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-2485

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