Table 2: Characteristics of grip and key pinch strength and Locomo 25 score and EuroQOL of participants according to age clusters.

Age group Total
examined member
Dominant
handgrip (kg)
Non-
dominant
handgrip (kg)
Dominant
key pinch (kg)
Non-
dominant
key pinch (kg)
Locomo25
score (point)
EuroQOL
index score
EuroQOL
VAS (mm)
Men
Age
<50 9 22.5 (6.1) 25.4 (10.7) 8.2 (2.7) 7.5 (2.6) 6.3 (5.8) 0.85 (0.18) 65.0 (29.0)
50–59 10 22.6 (4.0) 22.3 (5.2) 6.5 (1.1) 6.8 (1.9) 5.1 (5.5) 0.78 (0.32) 75.5 (22.1)
60–69 18 23.9 (7.1) 22.1 (8.1) 6.9 (1.8) 6.8 (1.9) 5.2 (5.0) 0.79 (0.14) 57.5 (21.8)
70–79 21 25.9 (6.9) 25.6 (8.6) 7.9 (1.9) 7.6 (1.9) 8.1 (7.5) 0.80 (0.18) 63.8 (25.8)
80– 11 25.8 (8.3) 27.7 (12.2) 8.2 (2.3) 8.0 (2.3) 10.6 (12.4) 0.74 (0.36) 72.0 (20.5)
Total 69 24.5 (6.7) 24.6 (9.0) 7.5 (2.1) 7.3 (2.1) 7.0 (7.5) 0.79 (0.23) 65.1 (24.0)
Women
<50 24 23.1 (5.0) 22.1 (6.7) 7.0 (1.9) 6.6 (1.8) 3.3 (3.3) 0.86 (0.21) 68.0 (23.6)
50–59 31 27.8 (8.6) 27.4 (7.1) 7.8 (2.2) 7.5 (2.1) 9.1 (11.8) 0.89 (0.11) 75.1 (19.2)
60–69 45 25.7 (6.4) 24.6 (8.2) 7.6 (2.2) 7.6 (2.3) 10.6 (11.3) 0.80 (0.26) 64.3 (24.7)
70–79 33 24.9 (6.7) 24.4 (7.8) 7.5 (2.1) 7.2 (2.1) 12.8 (14.3) 0.80 (0.16) 68.8 (21.6)
80– 12 27.0 (7.3) 26.3 (7.3) 8.1 (2.4) 7.8 (2.1) 28.9 (15.8)a,b,c,d 0.82 (0.13) 55.3 (18.5)
Total 145 25.7 (7.9) 24.9 (7.9) 7.6 (2.1) 7.3 (2.1) 11.0 (13.1) 0.83 (0.19) 67.6 (22.6)

Mean values are shown with the standard deviation.
SD: standard deviation
a. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the younger-than-50-years-old age group
b. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the 50s age group
c. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the 60s age group
d. Significantly different (p< .05) from values of the 70s age group