Normative Values of Hand Grip Strength for Elderly Singaporeans Aged 60 to 89 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study

Aim: The present study examined whether ethnicity independently predicted future falls among community-dwelling older Singaporeans, and whether ethnicity moderated the relationships between falls risk factors at baseline and falls at follow up.Methods: Data from a longitudinal survey of older Singaporeans were used. Baseline assessment included handgrip strength, global cognitive function, mobility difficulties, health and psychosocial status. One-year retrospective falls information at follow up was the primary outcome.Results: Final analysis included 1975 participants (mean age 73.6 ± 6.2 years, 53% women). Indians, followed by Malays, had a higher risk of falling compared with Chinese at follow up. This association remained after controlling for falls risk factors. Self-reported pain and poor global cognitive function imposed a substantial increment in the risk of falling among Malays compared with Chinese, but not Indians.

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“…Dominant handgrip strength was measured using a dynamometer . Each hand was measured twice alternatively.…”

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“…Dominant handgrip strength was measured using a dynamometer. 19 Each hand was measured twice alternatively. An average of dominant hand strength was calculated (kg) for each participant and used in the analyses.…”

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Ethnicity predicts falls among community‐dwelling older adults in Singapore

Chen

Tan

Chan

2017

Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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“…The OSI of the right calcaneus was measured as an indicator of bone mineral density (Tsuda-Futami et al, 1999). Participants were instructed to squeeze the grip with full force and continuously for at least 2 s (Malhotra et al, 2016;Yu, Ong, Cheung, Leung, & Woo, 2017). The dynamometer was adjusted to each participant's hand size.…”

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“…Participants performed two trials for each hand alternatively and always starting with the dominant hand. Participants were instructed to squeeze the grip with full force and continuously for at least 2 s (Malhotra et al, 2016;Yu, Ong, Cheung, Leung, & Woo, 2017). Maximum handgrip strength for each hand was recorded as "Handgrip strength" and was measured bilaterally.…”

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Cancer survivors exhibit a different relationship between muscle strength and health-related quality of life/fatigue compared to healthy subjects

Morishita

Tsubaki

Fu³

et al. 2018

Eur J Cancer Care

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We investigated the difference in relationship between muscle strength and quality of life (QOL)/fatigue in long-term cancer survivors and healthy subjects. Thirty-six cancer survivors and 29 healthy subjects were assessed for body composition and bone status at the calcaneus using the Osteo Sono Assessment Index. Muscle strength was evaluated via handgrip and knee extensor strength. Health-related QOL was assessed using the Medical Outcome Study 36-item Short-Form Health Survey. Fatigue was measured using the brief fatigue inventory. Cancer survivors exhibited lower QOL scores in the physical functioning, physical role function, bodily pain and general health domains (p < .05). Grip and knee extension muscle strength in cancer survivors was positively correlated with the physical function and bodily pain of QOL (p < .05). The usual fatigue subscale score was only significantly higher in cancer survivors than in healthy subjects (p < .05). However, there were no correlations between muscle strength and fatigue in cancer survivors. Our results showed that muscle strength was an important factor for improving QOL in cancer survivors. We believe that the findings of this study will be relevant in the context of planning rehabilitation for cancer survivors.

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“…A força de preensão manual, além de predizer a força de membros superiores, também tem sido utilizada como indicadora de força global 10 . Essas medidas têm sido investigadas, pois demostram ser um importante preditor de diversos fatores relacionados à saúde na população idosa, incluindo estado nutricional e fragilidade 11 .…”

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Valores normativos de força muscular em idosos

Santos

Galvão²,

Tribess³

et al. 2019

Arq Cien Esp

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ResumoObjetivo: Identificar os valores normativos da força de membros inferiores e superiores em idosos do Estudo ELSIA. Métodos: A amostra foi composta por 459 sujeitos de ambos os sexos com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos, agrupados por sexo e idade em três grupos, 60-69 anos, 70-79 anos e 80 anos ou mais, moradores da cidade de Alcobaça, Bahia. A força dos membros inferiores foi avaliada através do teste sentar e levantar da cadeira, enquanto a força dos membros superiores foi avaliada através do dinamômetro de preensão manual. Os procedimentos da estatística descritiva foram utilizados para identificar a amostra com a distribuição da frequência, percentil (P10, P20, P30, P40, P50, P60, P70, P80, P90), cálculo de medida de tendência central (média e mediana) e de dispersão (amplitude de variação, desviopadrão) e estatística inferencial (teste Kruskal-Wallis), p<0,05. Resultados: Os resultados do teste de sentar e levantar dos idosos em geral variaram entre 10 e 22,6 repetições na faixa etária de 60-69 anos, 7 e 20 repetições na faixa dos 70-79 anos e 0 e 16 repetições nos 80+. No teste de preensão manual, seguindo as mesmas faixas etárias, a variação foi de 16,0 e 38,0 kg/f, 14,0 e 36 kg/f e 10,0 e 29,0 kg/f. Conclusão: Este estudo possibilitou identificar os valores normativos da força de membros inferiores e superiores dos idosos de Alcobaça, BA. Em ambos os sexos houve uma redução tanto na força dos membros inferiores quanto dos superiores à medida em que a idade foi aumentando, sendo mais significativa a partir dos 80 anos. A partir dos escores obtidos é possível desenvolver parâmetros específicos, para a criação de programas de atividade física que contribua para a manutenção da força dos idosos.Palavras-chave: idoso, saúde, força muscular. AbstractObjective: To identify the normative values of the strength of lower and upper limbs in the elderly of the ELSIA Study. Methods: The sample consisted of 459 subjects of both sexes aged 60 years and older, grouped by sex and age in three groups, 60-69 years, 70-79 years and 80 years or more, residents of the city of Alcobaça, Bahia. The strength of the lower limbs was assessed through the sit and stand test of the chair, while the strength of the upper limbs was assessed by the manual grip dynamometer. Descriptive statistics procedures were used to identify the sample with the frequency distribution, percentile (P10, P20, P30, P40, P50, P60, P70, P80, P90), calculation of central tendency measure (mean and median) and (range of variation, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Kruskal-Wallis test), p <0.05. Results: The results of the sit and stand test of the elderly in general varied between 10 and 22.6 repetitions in the age group of 60-69 years, 7 and 20 repetitions in the range of 70-79 years and 0 and 16 repetitions in the 80+. In the manual grip test, following the same age groups, the variation was 16.0 and 38.0 kg/f, 14.0 and 36 kg/f and 10.0 and 29.0 kg/f. Conclusion: This study made it possible to identify the normative values of the streng...

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Normative Values of Hand Grip Strength for Elderly Singaporeans Aged 60 to 89 Years: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Ethnicity predicts falls among community‐dwelling older adults in Singapore

Ethnicity predicts falls among community‐dwelling older adults in Singapore

Cancer survivors exhibit a different relationship between muscle strength and health-related quality of life/fatigue compared to healthy subjects

Valores normativos de força muscular em idosos

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