The Correlation Between Handgrip Strength and Adductor Muscles with Muscle Mass, Fat Mass in the Elderly
Background. As you age, body composition will also change, with muscle mass decreasing and fat mass increasing. Handgrip strength and adductor muscle strength have been identified as indicators of older people’s health used to represent overall strength and muscle mass. Objectives. This study aimed...
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| Language: | English |
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2025-07-01
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| Series: | Physical Education Theory and Methodology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tmfv.com.ua/journal/article/view/3466 |
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| Summary: | Background. As you age, body composition will also change, with muscle mass decreasing and fat mass increasing. Handgrip strength and adductor muscle strength have been identified as indicators of older people’s health used to represent overall strength and muscle mass.
Objectives. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between handgrip strength and adductor muscle strength with muscle mass and fat mass in older people.
Materiarls and methods. The present study used a cross-sectional research method. The subjects consisted of thirty-two older women with the following characteristics: age 64.65 ± 7.18 years, height 148.65 ± 5.38 cm, body mass 60.43 ± 9.32 kg, BMI 27.40 ±4.47 kg/m2. The body composition test used the Inbody 270. Meanwhile, the handgrip strength test used the Handgrip device, andthe adductor muscle strength test used the ForceFrame system. The analysis was conducted using SPSS version 27 software, with the data normality test being performed using the one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test method (p-value > 0.05). Pearson correlation was employed to analyse the relationship between two variables (p-value < 0.05).
Results. Based on the data obtained, it was found that there was a substantial correlation between right and left handgrip strength and right (p-value: 0.026, r-value: 0.392) and left (p-value: 0.021, r-value: 0.408) arm muscle mass. Additionally, a significant correlation was observed between right adductor muscle strength and right leg muscle mass (p-value: 0.034, r-value: 0.375), but left adductor muscle strength was not correlated with left leg muscle mass. Meanwhile, handgrip and adductor muscle strength were not found to be correlated with fat mass.
Conclusions. This study proves that right and left handgrip strength, as well as right adductor muscle strength, are associated with muscle mass in the elderly. The greater the muscle mass, the higher the handgrip strength and adductor muscle strength. However, due to the limited number of subjects, further research with a larger sample size is needed.
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| ISSN: | 1993-7989 1993-7997 |