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

Fuentes-Contreras, Jorge; Guede Rojas, Francisco; Chirosa Ríos, Luis Javier; Vergara Ríos, César; Delgado Paredes, Francisco; Valderrama Campos, María José

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dc.contributor.author	Fuentes-Contreras, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Guede Rojas, Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Chirosa Ríos, Luis Javier
dc.contributor.author	Vergara Ríos, César
dc.contributor.author	Delgado Paredes, Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Valderrama Campos, María José
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-02T12:40:09Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-02T12:40:09Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	http://repositorio.ucm.cl/handle/ucm/1016
dc.description.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.	es_CL
dc.language.iso	es	es_CL
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Chile	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/	*
dc.source	Revista Médica de Chile, 143(8), 995-1000	es_CL
dc.subject	Aged	es_CL
dc.subject	Functional laterality	es_CL
dc.subject	Gender	es_CL
dc.subject	Geriatric assessment	es_CL
dc.subject	Hand strength	es_CL
dc.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	es_CL
dc.title.alternative	Association of grip strength with gender age and handedness in 116 older people	es_CL
dc.type	Article	es_CL
dc.ucm.facultad	Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Scopus	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Isi	es_CL
dc.ucm.indexacion	Scielo	es_CL
dc.ucm.doi	dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872015000800005	es_CL