Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

Dodds, Richard; Syddall, Holly; Cooper, Rachel; Benzeval, Michaela; J. Deary, Ian; Dennison, Elaine; Der, Geoff; R. Galé, Catharine; Inskip, Hazel; Jagger, Carol; B. L. Kirkwood, Thomas; A. Lawlor, Debbie; Robinson, Siân; M. Starr, John; Steptoe, Andrew; Tilling, Kate; Kuh, Diana; Cooper, Cyrus; Aihie Sayer, Avan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113637

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Grip Strength across the Life Course: Normative Data from Twelve British Studies

Published in PLoS ONE • Dec 4, 2014

Authors:

Richard Dodds

Holly Syddall

Rachel Cooper

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Epidemiological studies have shown that weaker grip strength in later life is associated with disability, morbidity, and mortality. Grip strength is a key component of the sarcopenia and frailty phenotypes and yet it is unclear how individual measurements should be interpreted. Our obj...

Subject

Grip strength

Sarcopenia

Normative

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