Muscle strength trajectories and their association with postoperative health-related quality of life in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a prospective cohort study

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• who: Johanneke Hartog from the This prospective single-centre cohort study was conducted in the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)Patients were identified and informed by the attending doctor or nurse practitioner on the date of admission, usually the day before surgery. After informed consent, patients were included and preoperative measurements were obtained. Postoperative assessment of muscle strength was performed in the hospital three days after surgery (short-term) and , months after surgery (long-term) at the patients` homes. On these time points we also performed bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) as a potential indicator of muscle mass . . .
  

   

  

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