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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Gerontologist. 2008 Apr;48(2):203–212. doi: 10.1093/geront/48.2.203

Table 2.

Grip Strength, Walking Speed, and Chair Rise Distributions of Participating RC/AL Residents

Test and Subgroup of Residents Number (%) of Residents M (SD)
Grip Strength n=1776 Strength in kilograms

Performed 90.4 % 13.97 (6.85)
    Female 90.3 % 13.96 (6.75)
    Male 90.8 % 13.96 (7.11)

Walk Speed n=1776 Speed in meters/second

Performed 72.2 % 0.41 (0.19)
    Without device 57.4 % 0.48 (0.20)
    With device 42.6 % 0.33 (0.15)

Chair Rise n=1780 Time in seconds

Performed five times 26.2 % 17.82 (7.62)