2025 年 55 巻 3 号 p. 95-102
Objective and Methods: To evaluate the exercise tolerance of 78 residents of a nursing home (NH) in Japan (age 91.8±5.8 yrs), 20 outpatients who were provided day services (88.3 ± 7.6 yrs), and 16 home-residing individuals who required visiting rehabilitation (age 88.1 ± 5.8 yrs), we measured the grip strength of each participant and evaluated the relationships among their ages, the NH residents’ serum Ca concentrations (8.8 ± 0.4 mg/dL), and the severity of the NH residents’ need for care (2.9±1.3 points). The larger of the right- or left-side grip strength measurements were used.
Results: The NH residents’ grip strength values were: right 10.1 ± 3.0 kg, left 10.3 ± 3.5 kg. The outpatients’ values were: right 13.0±4.8 kg and left 14.0±5.7 kg, while the residents’ values were right 14.7 ± 5.1 kg and left 13.5 ± 4.5 kg. There were significant correlations between age and grip strength for the right side (−0.579, p＝0.0118), left side (r＝− 0.557, p＝0.0163), and the larger values of the left vs. right (r＝− 0.649, p＝0.0002).
Conclusion: For the residents of a nursing home and the users of its related services, the measurement of grip strength was useful for evaluating exercise tolerance prior to the initiation of rehabilitation.
