Redução da força de preensão manual entre idosos longevos

Tavares, Darlene Mara dos Santos; Oliveira, Nayara Gomes Nunes; Marchiori, Gianna Fiori; Santos, Lara Lacerda Soares

doi:10.11606/issn.2317-0190.v27i1a170815

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“…Furthermore, long-lived individuals are more likely to have reduced handgrip strength (HGS). This reduction, associated with impaired cognitive function, can predict functional limitation 8,9 a higher risk of falls 10 and walking difficulties 11 in older adults. Recent studies demonstrated that the oldest old exhibit marked declines in neuromuscular abilities (strength, power, and endurance) that result in muscle atrophy and sarcopenia.…”

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Handgrip strength, functional capacity and cognitive status of centenarians

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Objective: To compare and correlate handgrip strength (HGS) with functional capacity and cognitive status in centenarians. Method: This is a cross-sectional study. The study population consisted of 127 centenarians, of which 78 met the inclusion criteria, with a mean age of 101.7 ± 2.52 years. Cognitive status was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and functional capacity using the Katz Scale. To investigate HGS, we used a manual dynamometer. The level of significance was 5%. Results: Centenarian men have higher right (p= 0.005) and left (p<0.001) HGS compared to women. About functional capacity, centenarians more functional present higher right and left HGS (p<0.001) when compared to intermediate and less functional. Furthermore, when analyzing cognition, centenarians with preserved cognitive status have higher right and left HGS (p<0.001) than cognitively impaired elderly. In the relationship analysis, it was possible to verify that the lower the MMSE score, the higher the right (rho= 0.59; p<0.001) and left (rho= 0.57; p<0.001) HGS. Furthermore, the lower the Katz Scale score, the higher the right (rho= -0.53; p<0.001) and left (rho= -0.57; p<0.001) HGS. Conclusion: Our results show that male centenarians, more functional and with preserved cognitive status have higher HGS in both hands. Moreover, we found a moderate negative relationship between HGS and functional capacity and a moderate positive relationship between HGS and cognitive status of centenarians.

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