Handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness may accelerate time to mortality in aging Americans

R McGrath, GR Tomkinson, DP LaRoche… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Assessing handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry may provide insights into HGS as
a prognostic assessment of strength capacity and vitality. This study sought to determine the …

Handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness together are associated with functional disability in aging Americans

R McGrath, BM Vincent, DA Jurivich… - The Journals of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Evaluating handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry may help to improve the
prognostic value of HGS. This study sought to determine the associations of HGS asymmetry …

Sex differences in the associations of handgrip strength and asymmetry with multimorbidity: evidence from the English longitudinal study of ageing

M Liu, S Liu, S Sun, H Tian, S Li, Y Wu - Journal of the American Medical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To determine the sex-specific associations of handgrip strength (HGS) and
asymmetry with incident multimorbidity and examine whether these relationships differ by …

[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness are differentially associated with functional limitations in older Americans

K Collins, N Johnson, L Klawitter, R Waldera… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Handgrip strength (HGS) is a convent measure of strength capacity and
associated with several age-related health conditions such as functional disability …

Handgrip strength weakness and asymmetry together are associated with cardiovascular outcomes in older outpatients: A prospective cohort study

S Lin, F Wang, Y Huang, Y Yuan… - Geriatrics & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The evaluations of handgrip strength (HGS) weakness and asymmetry have
implications for the comprehensive geriatric assessment. The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Absolute and body mass index normalized handgrip strength percentiles by gender, ethnicity, and hand dominance in Americans

R McGrath, KJ Hackney, NA Ratamess… - Advances in geriatric …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Gender and ethnicity are factors which influence strength, and hand dominance
could be a critical component of handgrip strength (HGS) testing. Providing such HGS …

Handgrip weakness and asymmetry independently predict the development of new activity limitations: results from analyses of longitudinal data from the US health …

K Parker, Y Rhee, GR Tomkinson, BM Vincent… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives Examining strength asymmetries in assessments of muscle function may improve
screenings for limitations in independent living tasks such as instrumental activities of daily …

Handgrip strength asymmetry is associated with future falls in older Americans

R McGrath, BC Clark, M Cesari, C Johnson… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Examining handgrip strength (HGS) asymmetry could extend the utility of
handgrip dynamometers for screening future falls. Aims We sought to determine the …

Handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness are associated with future morbidity accumulation in Americans

L Klawitter, BM Vincent, BJ Choi, J Smith… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Klawitter, L, Vincent, BM, Choi, BJ, Smith, J, Hammer, KD, Jurivich, DA, Dahl, LJ,
and McGrath, R. Handgrip strength asymmetry and weakness are associated with future …

Handgrip measurement method affects asymmetry but not weakness identification in community-dwelling older adults

X Chen, G Liu, S Li, X Lin, Z Han, X Hu, J Wu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 recommends
different measurement protocols for handgrip strength (HGS). We aimed to explore (1) …