Dodds, RM;
Syddall, HE;
Cooper, R;
Benzeval, M;
Deary, IJ;
Dennison, EM;
Der, G;
... Sayer, AA; + view all
(2014)
Grip strength across the life course: normative data from twelve British studies.
PLoS One
, 9
(12)
, Article e113637. 10.1371/journal.pone.0113637.
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes and yet it is unclear how individual measurements should be interpreted. Our objective was to produce cross-sectional centile values for grip strength across the life course. A secondary objective was to examine the impact of different aspects of measurement protocol.
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