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Handgrip strength and falls among community-dwelling older adults

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dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Beatriz
dc.contributor.authorGalán-Mercant, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorTomás, Maria Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T16:36:17Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T16:36:17Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.descriptionEste trabalho foi financiado pelo Concurso Anual para Projetos de Investigação, Desenvolvimento, Inovação e Criação Artística (IDI&CA) 2016 do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. Código de referência: IPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSLpt_PT
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Falls prevention in older adults includes early screening for fall risk; risk factor assessment and specialized intervention. Several variables such as balance, gait speed and mobility have been used to assess the risk of falling. More recently, handgrip strength has also been identified for this purpose. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between handgrip strength and balance, gait speed and mobility in community-dwelling older adults. Methods: A sample of 45 community-dwelling older adults (16 M; 30F), aged 76.9 ± 8.6 was enrolled in the study. Inclusion criteria were age 65 and over; ability to walk autonomously (with or without assistive devices) and to understand and perform the tests. Participants were excluded if they had limitations interfering with the performance of tests and medical contraindications for exercise. A balance was assessed with the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), mobility with the 8-foot-up-and-go-test, gait speed with the 4-meter walk test and handgrip strength with the hydraulic dynamometer Jamar®. A Spearman’s correlation was run to investigate whether there were associations between variables. Results: A strong positive correlation was found between handgrip strength and balance (rs = 0.645, p = 0.000) and handgrip strength and gait speed (rs = 0.593, p = 0.000). Results from the 8-foot-up-and-go-test (7.8 ± 3.4 s) did not reveal increased risk of falling; however, there was a strong negative correlation between mobility and balance (rs = 0.758, p = 0.000), gait speed (rs = -0.681, p = 0.000) and handgrip strength (rs = -0.632, p = 0.000). Conclusions: For our participants as handgrip strength increases gait speed and balance also increase. Decreases in balance, gait speed, and handgrip strength are related to mobility decline which is related to an increased risk of falling. Our results point-out handgrip strength as a valuable measure to identify the risk of falling. Further studies with larger samples are needed to confirm these results.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationFernandes B, Mercant-Galán A, Tomás MT. Handgrip strength and falls among community-dwelling older adults. In: 10th International Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia & Muscle Wasting, Sheraton Roma Hotel and Conference Center, Rome (Italy), 8-10 December 2017. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2017;8(6):1009.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jcsm.12255pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7719
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWileypt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.12255/fullpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectPhysiotherapypt_PT
dc.subjectRehabilitationpt_PT
dc.subjectElderlypt_PT
dc.subjectFalls preventionpt_PT
dc.subjectHandgrip strengthpt_PT
dc.subjectBalancept_PT
dc.subjectGait speedpt_PT
dc.subjectMobilitypt_PT
dc.subjectBerg Balance Scalept_PT
dc.subjectIPL/2016/SFQ2017_ESTeSLpt_PT
dc.titleHandgrip strength and falls among community-dwelling older adultspt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage1009pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue6pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1009pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Musclept_PT
oaire.citation.volume8pt_PT
person.familyNameTomás
person.givenNameMaria Teresa
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0491-8903
person.identifier.ridN-1940-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id36700434200
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