Association of Handgrip Strength in Various Disabilities in Korean Adults over 50 Years Old: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Yun-A Kim, Yoon Jeong Cho () and Geon Ho Lee
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Yun-A Kim: Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea
Yoon Jeong Cho: Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea
Geon Ho Lee: Department of Family Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: Several studies have shown an association between low hand grip strength (HGS) and functional limitations. This study aims to elucidate the association between HGS and functional limitations. We used the nationwide health examination data and included 13,517 Korean adults that were aged ≥ 50 years. We measured HGS using digital dynamometer and the maximum value of the dominant hand was divided into quartiles for the analysis. Functional limitations were assessed by using self-administered questionnaires. We categorized the 24 reported causes of functional limitations into musculoskeletal, cardiometabolic, neuropsychiatric, cancers, and others. In multiple regression analysis, the functional limitations tended to increase as HGS was lowered in both sexes. When analyzing according to the reasons of functional limitations, the ORs for functional limitations due to cardiometabolic problem tended to increase as the HGS decreased in men ( p for trend = 0.039). Similar trends were observed in neuropsychiatric problem in women ( p for trend = 0.002) and other problems in both men and women ( p for trend = 0.014 in men, p for trend = 0.004 in women). No significant trends were observed for musculoskeletal problems and cancer in both men and women. The functional limitations were inversely associated with HGS, which were inconsistent according to different etiologies of functional limitations.

Keywords: hand grip strength; disability; functional limitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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