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Hand Grip Strength is Associated With Body Sway Rate Among Older Adults With Intellectual Disability
Author(s) -
Carmeli Eli,
Imam Bita,
Levi Ran,
Merrick Joav
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1741-1130
pISSN - 1741-1122
DOI - 10.1111/jppi.12055
Subject(s) - grip strength , logistic regression , physical medicine and rehabilitation , hand strength , physical therapy , intellectual disability , medicine , psychology , psychiatry
The authors undertook a study to determine whether hand grip strength is associated with body sway rate among older adults with intellectual disability. They employed cross‐sectional data from a nonrandomized controlled trial. Subjects were 16 older adults (8 females and 8 males; mean age 51.3 year) with mild‐to‐moderate intellectual disability residing in a supported living facility in I srael. Voluntary hand grip strength was measured isometrically using J amar® hydraulic dynamometer, and body sway was assessed by P osture S cale A nalyzer. Multivariate adjusted logistic regression model was used. Findings showed that hand grip strength in both arm flexed and extended was associated with body sway (−.608 to −.879), particularly among males. In females, the association was found only in eyes open condition, whereas in males it was found with both eyes closed and open. The authors concluded that hand grip strength was found to be negatively correlated with body sway rate and that low grip strength was associated with greater body sway. Low grip strength may be a rehabilitative impairment worthy of further investigation as a modifiable factor linked to sway rate among older adults with intellectual and developmental disability.