Hand Grip Strength as a Marker of Frailty in Surgical Patients

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Frailty

In brief

This study aims to assess if grip strength can be used as a single, objective surrogate of frailty assessment in the surgical population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02966470

Run by

Yale University

People needed

52

Starts

2018-02-01

Expected to finish

2019-09-25

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-10

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• General surgery patient admitted to the Section of General Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care
• Age >60

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Untreated or metastatic malignancy
• Prisoners

Where it is running

• Yale School of Medicine — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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