Journal article
Assessment of maximal handgrip strength: how many attempts are needed?
EM Reijnierse, N de Jong, MC Trappenburg, GJ Blauw, G Butler-Browne, H Gapeyeva, JY Hogrel, JS McPhee, MV Narici, S Sipilä, L Stenroth, RC van Lummel, M Pijnappels, CGM Meskers, AB Maier
Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle | WILEY | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12181
Abstract
Background: Handgrip strength (HGS) is used to identify individuals with low muscle strength (dynapenia). The influence of the number of attempts on maximal HGS is not yet known and may differ depending on age and health status. This study aimed to assess how many attempts of HGS are required to obtain maximal HGS. Methods: Three cohorts (939 individuals) differing in age and health status were included. HGS was assessed three times and explored as continuous and dichotomous variable. Paired t-test, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and Bland–Altman analysis were used to test reproducibility of HGS. The number of individuals with misclassified dynapenia at attempts 1 and 2 with respe..
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Awarded by Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the seventh framework programme MYOAGE (HEALTH-2007-2.4.5-10), 050-060-810 Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging and by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, which is part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, and partly funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture, and Innovation. This study was also supported by the PANINI programme (Horizon 2020, Marie Curie, Sklodowska, Innovative Training Network, No 675003) and by PreventIT (European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, No 689238).