Session Information
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Session Title: General Rehabilitation Research Report & Practice Management and Leadership Case Report
Session Time: 12:30pm-2:00pm
Location: Research Hub - Kiosk 2
Disclosures: Aqeel M. Alenazi, PT, MSc: Nothing to disclose
Objective: To establish normative values of hand grip strength (HGS) stratified by age and gender, and to determine the association of sociodemographic and anthropometric measurements with the HGS in Saudi population.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Setting: Community-dwelling older adults.
Participants: A total of 1,048 participants (mean age 73 ± 5 years) were included.
Interventions: Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures: Grip strength was calculated by the average peak force of three trials for the dominant hand using a dynamometer. Sociodemographic data on age, gender, marital status, educational levels were collected. Anthropometric measurements including height, body mass index, arm circumference, and upper arm length were obtained. The sample was categorized into three age groups: 65-69 years, 70-74 years, and 75-80 years. Linear regression analysis was used to assess the association between the sociodemographic and anthropometric data and HGS.
Results: The mean values of HGS (kg) for men for each age group were 36.9±8.3 for the younger group, 35.7±7.4 for the 70-74 years group and 30.5±7.1 for the older group. The mean values of HGS for women for each group were 23.2±4.7 for the younger group, 21.1±4.6 for the 70-74 years group and 18.8±4.9 for the older group. The HGS was negatively associated with the age for men (B=-.40, 95% confidence interval (CI) [-.52, -.29], P <.001) and women (B=-.30, 95% CI [-0.38, -0.22], P <.001), and positively associated with the arm length in men (B=.87, 95% CI [.60, 1.15], P <.001). The HGS was positively associated with the educational level in men (B=.66, 95% CI [.09,1.21], P =.02), but negatively associated in women (B=-.42, 95% CI [-0.75, -0.08], P =.01).
Conclusions: This study is the first that established normative values of HGS for older adults in Saudi Arabia. Future research may benefit from the current normative value of HGS in Saudi population for geriatric rehabilitation programs.
Level of Evidence: Level III
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Alenazi AM, Alqahtani BA, Alshehri MM, Alqahtani M, Elnaggar RK. Reference Values and Associated Factors of Hand Grip Strength in Elderly Saudi Population: A Cross-sectional Study [abstract]. PM R. 2019; 11(S2)(suppl 2). https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/reference-values-and-associated-factors-of-hand-grip-strength-in-elderly-saudi-population-a-cross-sectional-study/. Accessed June 4, 2025.« Back to AAPM&R Annual Assembly 2019
PM&R Meeting Abstracts - https://pmrjabstracts.org/abstract/reference-values-and-associated-factors-of-hand-grip-strength-in-elderly-saudi-population-a-cross-sectional-study/