title: [Association of grip strength with gender age and handedness in 116 older people].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hand grip strength could be influenced by gender, age and handedness.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe differences in grip strength for age, gender and upper extremity handedness in non-disabled community-dwelling older adults.
  
  
  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.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guede Rojas
authors.forename: Luis Javier
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chirosa Ríos
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vergara Ríos
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuentes Contreras
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delgado Paredes
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Valderrama Campos
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053581:Muscle Strength Dynamometer; D012737:Sex Factors; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000502:physiology*