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To determine whether midlife hand grip strength predicts functional limitations and disability 25 years later in healthy men.

February 10, 1999JAMA

Midlife Hand Grip Strength as a Predictor of Old Age Disability

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TRTaina RantanenUniversity of Jyväskylä

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Longitudinal study demonstrates hand grip strength predicts 25-year disability in middle-aged men, suggesting midlife muscle strength protects against late-life functional decline.

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To determine whether midlife hand grip strength predicts functional limitations and disability 25 years later in healthy men.
Prospective cohort follow-up assessing healthy men aged 45 to 68 years over a 25-year duration.
Hand grip strength was evaluated during midlife as a baseline measure of physical capacity.
Midlife hand grip strength was highly predictive of functional limitations and disability after 25 years.
Greater midlife muscle strength offered protection against late-life disability by establishing a greater safety margin above functional disability thresholds.

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Taina Rantanen (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd4c47caee84831440c582 https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.281.6.558

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Longitudinal study demonstrates hand grip strength predicts 25-year disability in middle-aged men, suggesting midlife muscle strength protects against late-life functional decline.

Midlife Hand Grip Strength as a Predictor of Old Age Disability

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Midlife Hand Grip Strength as a Predictor of Old Age Disability

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