[HTML][HTML] Reference values and factors associated with hand grip strength among older adults living in southeastern Poland

A Wiśniowska-Szurlej, A Ćwirlej-Sozańska, J Kilian… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Handgrip strength (HGS) is used as a biomarker for the state of health of older people, but
the number of research publications containing the normative values of HGS in older adult …

[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength in old and oldest old Swiss adults–a cross-sectional study

J Wearing, P Konings, M Stokes, ED de Bruin - BMC geriatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background Handgrip strength is indicative of overall physical health and mobility in the
elderly. A reduction in strength below a certain threshold severely increases the risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Strong or weak handgrip? Normative reference values for the German population across the life course stratified by sex, age, and body height

N Steiber - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Handgrip strength is an important biomarker of healthy ageing and a powerful predictor of
future morbidity and mortality both in younger and older populations. Therefore, the …

[HTML][HTML] Reference values and associated factors of hand grip strength in elderly Saudi population: a cross-sectional study

B Alqahtani, A Alenazi, M Alshehri, M Alqahtani… - BMC geriatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Hand grip strength (HGS) is an important function of upper extremities for older
adults. Several studies have shown the importance of measuring HGS in different settings …

Handgrip strength among nonagenarians and centenarians in three European regions

B Jeune, A Skytthe, A Cournil, V Greco… - The Journals of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Handgrip strength is an important predictor of disability and mortality among
old people. The aim was to compare the grip strength among very old people in three …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related normative values for handgrip strength and grip strength's usefulness as a predictor of mortality and both cognitive and physical decline in older …

A Turusheva, E Frolova, JM Degryse - Journal of musculoskeletal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: This paper sought to provide normative values for grip strength among older
adults across different age groups in northwest Russia and to investigate their predictive …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with low handgrip strength in older people: data of the Study of Chronic Diseases (Edoc-I)

C de Araújo Amaral, TLM Amaral, GTR Monteiro… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Handgrip strength (HGS) is an important health biomarker whose low scores
have been shown to be associated with the morbimortality. This study aimed to analyze the …

[HTML][HTML] Hand-grip strength among older adults in Singapore: a comparison with international norms and associative factors

HL Ong, E Abdin, BY Chua, Y Zhang, E Seow… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Hand-grip strength (HGS) serves as a proxy measure for muscle function and
physical health. Studies have shown that low HGS is associated with common age-related …

[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength values of Portuguese older adults: a population based study

J Mendes, TF Amaral, N Borges, A Santos, P Padrão… - BMC geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Background Handgrip strength is used to identify sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes, being a
potential predictor of mortality in older adults. However, uniformity is lacking in the reference …

[HTML][HTML] Handgrip strength and its prognostic value for mortality in Moscow, Denmark, and England

A Oksuzyan, P Demakakos, M Shkolnikova… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background This study compares handgrip strength and its association with mortality across
studies conducted in Moscow, Denmark, and England. Materials The data collected by the …