ArticleJournal of bone metabolism2012
Evaluation of factors influencing grip strength in elderly koreans.
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- Measurement and Interpretation of Handgrip Strength for Research on Sarcopenia and Osteoporosis.Journal of bone metabolism · 2020Review
- What Does a Hand-Over Tell?-Individuality of ShortMotion Sequences.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Impact of handgrip strength on cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality in the Korean longitudinal study of ageing.BMJ open · 2019Observational
- Assessment of nutritional status in older diabetic outpatients and related factors in Hanoi, Vietnam.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2019Article
- Sleep Quality and Attention May Correlate With Hand Grip Strength: FARM Study.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2018Article
- Examining how p16(INK4a) expression levels are linked to handgrip strength in the elderly.Scientific reports · 2016Observational
- The influence of dominant limb involvement on DASH and QuickDASH.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Article
- Relationship between Low Muscle Mass and Metabolic Syndrome in Elderly People with Normal Body Mass Index.Journal of bone metabolism · 2015Article
- Comment on "Grip strength as a predictor of disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients".Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
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Abstract
objectivesGrip strength has been used as a measure of function in various health-related conditions. Although grip strength is known to be affected by both physical and psychological factors, few studies have looked at those factors comprehensively in a population-based cohort regarding elderly Koreans. The aim of this study was to evaluate potential factors influencing grip strength in elderly Koreans.
methodsWe evaluated dominant hand grip strengths in 143 men and 123 women older than 65 years who participated in a population-based cohort study, the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA). Individuals who had a history of surgery for musculoskeletal disease or trauma in the upper extremity were excluded. Factors assessed for potential association with grip strength were; 1) demographics such as age and gender, 2) body constructs such as height, body mass index (BMI), and bone mineral density (BMD), 3) upper extremity functional status using disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) scores, and 4) mental health status using a depression scale and the short form-36 (SF36) mental health score. Multivariate analyses were performed in order to identify factors independently associated with grip strength.
resultsGrip strengths of dominant hands in elderly Koreans were found to generally decrease with aging, and were significantly different between men and women, as expected. Multivariate analyses indicated that grip strength was independently associated with age, height and BMI in men (R(2) = 21.3%), and age and height (R(2) = 19.7%) in women. BMD, upper extremity functional status, or mental health status were not found to be associated with grip strength.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that in elderly Koreans, grip strength is mainly influenced by age and height in both men and women, and additionally by BMI in men. BMD or self-reported physical or mental health status was not found to influence grip strength in elderly Koreans. This information may be helpful in future studies using grip strength as a measure of function in elderly Koreans.
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