Summary of grip strength measurements obtained in the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

Wang, Ying-Chih; Bohannon, Richard W.; Li, Xiaoyan; Yen, Sheng‐Che; Sindhu, Bhagwant S.; Kapellusch, Jay

doi:10.1016/j.jht.2018.03.002

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“…This study has determined that averaged values for F max for non-dominant, dominant hand and summarized results for females are between 249.5 to 258.5 N, 258.5 to 279.1 N, and 511.0 to 537.6 N, while for males they are between 463.8 to 502.8 N, 497.3 to 517.1 N, and 961.1 to 1019.9 N, respectively ( Table 1). All results are in line with previously published age group standards [14,21], but lower than standards for athletes [13]. When we consider the fact that maximal HG force values are age-dependent and reach maximal level approximately between 30 and 35 years regardless of gender, we can infer that tested samples in our study have not yet reached full biological maturity according to the maximal strength potential [21].…”

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“…All results are in line with previously published age group standards [14,21], but lower than standards for athletes [13]. When we consider the fact that maximal HG force values are age-dependent and reach maximal level approximately between 30 and 35 years regardless of gender, we can infer that tested samples in our study have not yet reached full biological maturity according to the maximal strength potential [21].…”

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“…Also, HG test is highly reliable, valid and health status responsive, very easy to administer, and widely used as a simple marker of overall body strength in adults [3,14], overall body strength in children, adolescents and young adults [22], robust marker of aging and general health status [18], and very useful testing tool in sport and sport testing technology [10,13,15]. HG test results also highly reflect strength of the other muscle groups which is why it is one of the most important tests at clinical and epidemiological studies considering general physical capability and subsequent health at humans [4,5,16,18,21].…”

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Handgrip Muscle Force Characteristics With General Reference Values at Chelyabinsk and Belgrade Students

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Tretiakova

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The Aim. The aim of this paper is to define the contractile characteristics of maximal isometric handgrip force and to establish possible differences between the students of the Universities of Chelyabinsk and Belgrade. The secondary aim is to create a practically applicable initial model in order to explore the mentioned characteristics in the future. Material and methods. For the purposes of this research, the overall sample of 225 subjects was tested. 91 subjects were from Russia and 134 were from Serbia. The results were gathered using a strain gage and a standardized isometric handgrip test protocol. The contractile properties of HG muscle force were measured in relation to three different contractile dimensions: the maximal muscle force (F max ), the maximal explosive muscle force (RFD max ), the time need for achieving maximal (tF max ) and maximal explosive (tRFD max ) muscle force. Results. This study has shown that there are no generally statistically significant differences for all observed variables of HG contractile characteristics between tested Russian and Serbian students. Based on the results of the present study, six different models of the equation for evaluation of HG contractile characteristics of female and male students, i.e. young adults, were made. All defined models are highly statistically significant, accurate and sensitive in the prediction of the general distributive position of an individual or particular group of subjects in relation to the measured contractile characteristics. Conclusions. The obtained results can generally indicate the stability of potential to exert the given contractile characteristic in relation to the population of similar evolutionary (Slavs) at different geographical background.

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Handgrip Muscle Force Characteristics With General Reference Values at Chelyabinsk and Belgrade Students

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“…Several handgrip strength normative ranges for older adults from populations with different nationalities and ethnicities have been published in the last several years; however, to our knowledge, normal handgrip strength values have never been described for the Colombian population. We found that, overall, older Colombian adults have lower handgrip strength values than their peers in other populations .…”

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Reference values for handgrip strength and their association with intrinsic capacity domains among older adults

Ramírez‐Vélez

Correa-Bautista

García-Hermoso

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J cachexia sarcopenia muscle

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Objective The purposes of this study were three‐fold: (i) to describe handgrip strength in older individuals aged ≥60 years in Colombia; (ii) to identify sex‐specific and age‐specific muscle weakness cut‐off points in older adults; and (iii) to determine the odds of adverse events for each of the intrinsic capacity domains for individuals with handgrip strength greater than the muscle weakness cut‐off points, as compared with their weaker counterparts. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted in Colombia, among 5237 older adults aged ≥60 years old (58.5% women, 70.5 ± 7.8 years), according to ‘SABE Survey 2015’. Handgrip strength data were obtained with a Takei dynamometer. Sociodemographic variables, five domains of intrinsic capacity (i.e. locomotion, vitality, cognition, psychological, and sensory), and medical conditions were assessed and analyzed. Adjustments variables were age, ethnicity, socio‐economic status, urbanicity, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol intake, drug use, physical activity, and co‐morbid chronic diseases. Sex‐stratified analyses were conducted with logistic regression models. Results Handgrip strength was greater among men than among women (26.7 ± 8.5 vs. 16.7 ± 5.7 kg, respectively, P < 0.001) at all ages. Weak handgrip strength cut‐off points ranged from 17.4 to 8.6 and from 10.1 to 4.9 in men and women, respectively. Overall, participants with optimal handgrip strength had better intrinsic capacity [in men, odds ratio (OR) = 0.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.53 to 0.71; P < 0.001; and in women, OR = 0.79, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.92; P = 0.002] than their weaker counterparts. Also, men with optimal handgrip strength had a lower risk of hospitalization (OR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.78; P = 0.004) than their weaker counterparts. Conclusions This study is the first to describe handgrip strength values and cut‐off points for muscle weakness among a nationally representative sample of Colombian older adults by age and sex. After categorizing older adults as weak or not weak based on the handgrip cut‐off points, non‐weakness was associated with a decreased odds of intrinsic capacity impairments. These cut‐off points may be good candidates for clinical assessment of risks to physical and mental health in older Colombian adults.

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“…Some groups of public health interest (children, the elderly, black and Mexican-American people) are deliberately oversampled. We analyzed the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 NHANES cohorts, for which grip strength was measured using a Takei digital handgrip dynamometer (Takei Scientific Instruments, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, Japan) [46]. A trained examiner explained and demonstrated the protocol to the participant, adjusted the dynamometer to the participant's hand size, and asked the participant to squeeze the dynamometer for a practice trial.…”

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Association of Body Shape Index (ABSI) with Hand Grip Strength

Krakauer

2020

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Hand grip is a leading measure of muscle strength and general health, yet its association with body shape is not well characterized. Here, we examine correlations between grip strength, a body shape index (ABSI), and body mass index (BMI) in the 2011–2014 United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cohorts. Grip strength was found to correlate negatively with ABSI (though positively with BMI), suggesting that those with a more central body profile tend to be weaker than others with the same weight. Individuals with low grip strength, as well as those with high ABSI, were more likely to die during follow up, whereas there was no association of BMI with mortality hazard. Transforming the grip strength, ABSI, and BMI by taking their logarithm prior to standardization did not meaningfully change the associations seen. These findings suggest that combining anthropometrics (ABSI, BMI) with grip strength may better identify individual mortality hazard in research studies and clinical practice.

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Summary of grip strength measurements obtained in the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys

Cited by 28 publications

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Handgrip Muscle Force Characteristics With General Reference Values at Chelyabinsk and Belgrade Students

Handgrip Muscle Force Characteristics With General Reference Values at Chelyabinsk and Belgrade Students

Reference values for handgrip strength and their association with intrinsic capacity domains among older adults

Association of Body Shape Index (ABSI) with Hand Grip Strength

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