Table 2. Study characteristics and absolute reliability in older adults (>60 years old).
| Author (Year) |
Age (yr) |
Sex |
Device |
Interval |
Arm |
HGS test1 |
HGS test2 |
MD (kg) |
% MD |
|
Anstey et al. (1997) |
67.92
(4.89) |
50W |
Spedly
manual |
3
months |
Right |
25.52 (4.55) |
26.15 (5.91) |
5.50 |
21.3 |
| Left |
22.63 (4.16) |
23.48 (5.03) |
4.61 |
20.0 |
|
Lemmink et al. (2001) |
65.8
(7.03) |
68M |
Jamar |
7
days |
Preferred |
43.9
(8.00) |
44.7
(8.45) |
7.53 |
17.0 |
| 66.1
(6.75) |
83W |
28.1
(5.30) |
29.3
(5.55) |
6.17 |
21.5 |
|
Bohannon & Schaubert (2005) |
75.0
(5.9) |
4M
17W |
Jamar |
12
weeks |
Right |
26.70 (7.39) |
25.83 (7.05) |
5.94 |
22.6 |
| Left |
24.71 (7.69) |
24.36 (7.44) |
4.51 |
18.4 |
|
Villafane et al. (2016) |
67.5
(10.2) |
6M
9W |
Jamar |
7
days |
Dominant |
25.8
(9.9) |
25.8
(9.9) |
0.67 |
2.6 |
| Nondominant |
24.4
(10.5) |
24.3
(10.6) |
2.22 |
9.1 |
|
Jenkins & Cramer (2017) |
76.8
(6.3) |
98M |
Jamar |
12 weeks |
NR |
29.76 (9.27) |
29.62 (8.83) |
5.49 |
18.5 |
| 24 weeks |
30.42 (9.09) |
30.61 (8.98) |
5.07 |
16.6 |
| 75.9
(6.6) |
159W |
12 weeks |
17.60 (6.10) |
17.63 (6.08) |
3.38 |
19.2 |
| 24 weeks |
18.17 (5.82) |
18.27 (5.72) |
2.66 |
14.6 |
| Abe et al.
(2018) |
72 (3.8) |
34M 46W |
Takei |
1 year |
Right |
31.8 (7.9) |
29.5 (6.8) |
6.4 |
21.1 |
| Suzuki et
al. (2019) |
?65 |
197M 21W |
Takei |
NA |
Dominant |
26.3 (6.8) |
26.0 (6.8) |
3.94 |
15.1 |
|
Legg et al. (2020) |
71(10) |
6M
11W |
Jamar |
48
hours |
Dominant |
34.7
(15.1) |
35.1
(14.4) |
5.92 |
17.0 |
| Nondominant |
32.6
(16.6) |
33.6
(16.3) |
4.60 |
13.9 |
|
Beauchamp et al. (2021) |
69(3) |
29M 521W |
NR |
7
days |
Dominant |
37.08 (12.79) |
39.08 (13.23) |
10.64 |
28.0 |
| 81(4) |
29M 20W |
29.41 (9.28) |
36.65 (12.63) |
5.16 |
15.6 |
| Boshnjaku
et al. (2021) |
70.7 (6.1) |
22M 39W |
Jamar |
7-97 days |
Dominant |
29.2 (9.2) |
28.8 (9.3) |
5.29 |
18.3 |
|
Ferreira et al. (2021) |
84.5
(6.5) |
15M
28W |
Baseline
Smedley |
7
days |
Dominant |
18.9 (5.9) |
18.9 (5.8) |
3.49 |
18.5 |
| Non-dominant |
17.1 (5.6) |
17.4 (5.4) |
2.91 |
16.9 |
|
Gil et al. (2022) |
70.5
(5.0) |
6M
6W |
Straingauge |
7
days |
Right |
29.5
(8.4) |
29.2
(8.0) |
2.27 |
7.7 |
| Left |
26.9
(7.8) |
28.5
(7.1) |
2.92 |
10.5 |
M, men; W, women; Avg, average; NR, not reported; MD, minimal difference; %MD, percentage of a minimal difference to the measured value; HGS, handgrip strength (unit in kilograms)
