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| Grip strength in relation to overall strength and functional capacity in the very old and oldest females | | Author(s) | Tara Tietjen-Smith, Steve W Smith, Malissa Martin |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 24, no 4, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 63-78 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. http://www.HaworthPress.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Over 70s ; Physical capacity ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A need exists for easy, reliable forms of measurement to determine functional capacity and strength of the over 75 population. This study's purpose was to determine whether grip strength correlated with overall strength and functional capacity in women aged 75+. Another reason was to determine a simple strategy for employees of assisted living centres to determine their residents' functional capacities. Correlations of grip strength, overall strength and functional capacity for women aged 75-84 and 85+ were investigated using a sample of 102 assisted living residents in middle Tennessee. Grip strength moderately correlated with overall body strength in both age groups, but did not correlate highly with either the Barthel Index or the Timed Get-Up and Go Test (TUG). According to these findings, grip strength should be used to determine functional capacity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070109001 A |
| Classmark | BD: BBK: BI: CA: C4: 49: 7T |
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