Gerontology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Nutritional supplementation of very old people at hospital discharge increases muscle strength: a randomised controlled trial.
Undernutrition is common in older people admitted to hospital, but little is known about how nutritional state changes after discharge. ⋯ Oral nutritional supplementation was associated with a greater increase in handgrip strength than in non-supplemented controls and this observation merits further study.