Hand grip strength: Reference values for adults and elderly people of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: Hand grip strength (HGS) is recognized as an important health indicator, but validated reference values that can be applied to the evaluation of individuals in different populations are still lacking. This work aimed to identify correlations between HGS and anthropometric variables and to establish HGS reference values for adult and elderly populations. This is a population-based cross-sectional study considering the subsets of individuals with healthy right or left upper limbs from a sample of 1,609 adults and elderly residents in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Descriptive statistics of anthropometric measures and HGS values at maximum performance based on three measurements of the two hands were obtained, and Pearson correlations between these variables were applied. Percentile distributions

SUBMITTER: Amaral CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354998 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature