{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2022"],"submitter":["Shea MJ"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>Grip strength testing offers a mechanism to identify patients in whom frailty might be present, discriminate between robust elderly and vulnerable younger patients, and can be used as a tool to track changes in muscle bulk over the course of an inpatient stay. We compared gold-standard quantitative grip strength measurement to a low-tech alternative, a manual bedside sphygmomanometer.<h4>Design</h4>Under supervision, subjects performed hand-grip strength testing with each instrument. A mean score is calculated from three measurements on the dominant and nondominant hand. <i>Setting</i>. Testing was performed in a tertiary centre in Perth, Western Australia, in both outpatient clinics and intensive care units. <i>Participants</i>. 51 adult pre-operative surgical outpatient"],"journal":["Critical care research and practice"],"pagination":["3428851"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9605854"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A Prospective Evaluation of Grip Strength Comparing a Low-Tech Method to Dynanometry in Preoperative Surgical Patients and Weak Intensive Care Patients."],"pmcid":["PMC9605854"],"pubmed_authors":["Shea MJ","Wibrow B","Weightman A","Anstey MH"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Prospective Evaluation of Grip Strength Comparing a Low-Tech Method to Dynanometry in Preoperative Surgical Patients and Weak Intensive Care Patients.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>Grip strength testing offers a mechanism to identify patients in whom frailty might be present, discriminate between robust elderly and vulnerable younger patients, and can be used as a tool to track changes in muscle bulk over the course of an inpatient stay. We compared gold-standard quantitative grip strength measurement to a low-tech alternative, a manual bedside sphygmomanometer.<h4>Design</h4>Under supervision, subjects performed hand-grip strength testing with each instrument. A mean score is calculated from three measurements on the dominant and nondominant hand. <i>Setting</i>. Testing was performed in a tertiary centre in Perth, Western Australia, in both outpatient clinics and intensive care units. <i>Participants</i>. 51 adult pre-operative surgical outpatient","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-22T02:09:12.158Z","creation":"2025-04-05T20:14:46.042Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9605854","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36313918"],"doi":["10.1155/2022/3428851"]}}