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Grip strength follows a distinct life-course trajectory characterized by an early adult peak, midlife maintenance, and subsequent decline, with normative peak median values of 51 kg for males and 31 kg for females. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

December 4, 2014PLoS ONEOpen Access

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

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Population

49,964 participants (26,687 female) from 12 general population studies in Great Britain, ages 4 to 90 years.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

RDRichard DoddsNewcastle University HSHolly SyddallVersus Arthritis RCRachel CooperCumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

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Implication

Supports grip strength norms for sarcopenia screening; leaves open prospective validation of thresholds.

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Population

49,964 participants (26,687 female) from 12 general population studies in Great Britain, ages 4 to 90 years.

Outcome

Cross-sectional centile values for grip strength across the life coursesurrogate

This study provides the first normative centile data for grip strength across the life course, establishing reference values to inform the clinical assessment of sarcopenia and frailty.

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Dodds et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a31b2d76fa4bea13713c7 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113637

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