Table 3 The results of the re-examination for gait speed and grip strength and the normative values
Results | Age, years | Men | Women | Normative values | Reference | Age, years | Men | Women | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) [range] | Mean (SD) | ||||||||
Gait speed, m/s | n = 50 | n = 62 | (Lusardi et al., 2003) | 80–89 | 0.88 (0.24) | 0.80 (0.20) | The number of participants in this age category was small | ||
≥84 | 1.06 (0.32) [0.36–2.00] | 0.87 (0.30) [0.36–2.00] | ≥90 | 0.72 (0.14) | 0.71 (0.23) | The number of participants in this age category was small | |||
(Hollman et al., 2011) | 80–85 | 1.12 (0.17) | 1.01 (0.15) | Many common illnesses were considered as exclusion criteria in this study | |||||
≥85 | 1.01 (0.22) | The number of participants in this age category was small and there were no women | |||||||
Grip strength,kg | n = 50 | n = 62 | (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 2018) | ≥80 | 32 (95% CI 30–34) | 20 (95% CI 19–21) | The number of participants in these age categories were 108 for men and 184 for women | ||
≥84 | 32.0 (8.5) [12–51] | 19.8 (5.4) [10–31] | (Werle et al., 2009) | 80–84 | 31 (9) | 19 (5) | The minimum size for each age category was 28 participants | ||
≥85 | 22 (6) | 17 (5) | |||||||