Table 3.
Handgrip strength: normative data from Mathiowetz et al. [34] compared to own data.
| Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normative Data | Current Data | Normative Data | Current Data | |||
| Age | N | Hand | Mean ± SD (kg) | Mean ± SD (kg) | Mean ± SD (kg) | Mean ± SD (kg) |
| 65–69 | 3 | R | 41.3 ± 9.3 | 0.0 ± NA | 22.5 ± 4.4 | 5.5 ± 7.8 |
| L | 34.8 ± 9.0 | 22.0 ± 22.0 | 18.6 ± 3.7 | 4.0 ± 5.7 | ||
| 70–74 | 24 | R | 34.2 ± 9.8 | 14.3 ± 16.3 | 22.5 ± 5.3 | 16.4 ± 9.8 |
| L | 29.4 ± 8.2 | 10.3 ± 10.0 | 18.8 ± 4.6 | 13.0 ± 9.2 | ||
| 75+ | 246 | R | 29.8 ± 9.5 | 14.7 ± 9.2 | 19.3 ± 5.0 | 13.0 ± 8.8 |
| L | 24.9 ± 7.7 | 14.0 ± 8.9 | 17.1 ± 4.0 | 11.9 ± 8.3 | ||