Handgrip strength predicts length of hospital stay in an abdominal surgical setting: the role of frailty beyond age

Abstract

Most of the population undergoing abdominal surgery is pre-frail or frail. The measurement of handgrip strength is simple and inexpensive, and provides prognostic information for surgical outcomes. Muscle strength, as measured by handgrip dynamometry, is a strong predictor of LOS in a surgical setting.