@misc{10481/49245,
year = {2015},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/49245},
abstract = {Background: Hand grip strength could be influenced by gender, age and handedness. Aim: To describe differences in grip strength for age, gender and upper extremity handedness in non-disabled community-dwelling older adults. Material and Methods: We studied 47 males aged 72.3 ± 5.6 years and 69 females 72.4 ± 6.0 years who were divided in two age groups (65-70 and ≥ 71 years old). Grip strength was determined by a standardized protocol using a hand dynamometer. Results: There was an inverse correlation between grip strength and age in both hands only among men (p ≤ 0.05). When analyzing both genders, there was a significant inverse correlation between grip strength and age only in the dominant hand (p ≤ 0.05). Strength was higher in the dominant hand in both genders (p ≤ 0.05). It was also higher in men, compared to women in the two age groups studied (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusions: Grip strength is higher in men than women, it decreases with age and is higher in the dominant hand.},
organization = {Proyecto financiado por el Fondo
Nacional de Investigación en Salud
(FONIS), perteneciente a la Comisión
Nacional de Investigación Científica
y Tecnológica (CONICYT), código
de proyecto SA12I2229.},
publisher = {Sociedad Medica de Santiago},
keywords = {Aged},
keywords = {Functional laterality},
keywords = {Gender},
keywords = {Geriatric assessment},
keywords = {Hand strength},
title = {Fuerza prensil de mano y su asociación con la edad, género y dominancia de extremidad superior en adultos mayores autovalentes insertos en la comunidad. Un estudio exploratorio},
doi = {10.4067/S0034-98872015000800005},
author = {Guede Rojas, Francisco Alfonso and Chirosa Ríos, Luis Javier and Vergara Ríos, César and Fuentes Contreras, Jorge and Delgado Paredes, Francisco and Valderrama Campos, María José},
}