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Relationship between grip strength and global muscle strength in community-dwelling older people
- Source :
- Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- There are still conflicting results regarding the association between grip and global muscle strength in older people. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine the association between grip strength and global muscle strength, as well as between grip strength and individual trunk, hip, knee and ankle muscle strengths. Methods Grip strength was assessed using a manual dynamometer, and trunk, hip, knee and ankle muscle strength with an isokinetic dynamometer, in order to obtain the global muscle strength variable, in 150 older men and women from the community. The association between grip and global muscle strength and between grip strength and the strength of each muscle group was determined through the Pearson correlation test, followed by multivariate linear regression adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, level of physical activity and number of comorbidities. Results A positive significant association was found between grip strength and global muscle strength in older people (r = 0.690; β = 10.07; p Conclusion Grip strength can represent global muscle strength in younger older people in the community, even when confounding variables are considered in the statistical model. However, grip strength does not eliminate the need for specific assessment of different muscle groups, when indicated.
- Subjects :
- Male
Aging
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
03 medical and health sciences
Grip strength
0302 clinical medicine
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Bayesian multivariate linear regression
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Muscle Strength
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
030214 geriatrics
Hand Strength
business.industry
Confounding
Middle Aged
Trunk
body regions
medicine.anatomical_structure
Muscle strength
Female
Independent Living
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Ankle
Older people
business
TORNOZELO
human activities
Gerontology
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18726976
- Volume :
- 82
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2f17be5c07bfac60c0fa5c88d540132d