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New research from the Medical Research Council's Unit for Lifelong Health and Aging found that elderly people who gave had higher physical capabilities lived longer lives than those who were slower. Among these measures are giving firm handshakes, brisk walking, balancing on one leg, and getting up from a chair.
The researchers analyzed 33 studies of over tens of thousands of elderly people over age 60 who lived in communities and not hospital or care homes. Out of 14 studies of grip strength, it was found that those with the strongest hand grasps had a higher life expectancy than those with droopy handshakes.
Those who had limp grips had a 67% higher death rate compared to those with firm grips. Sluggish walkers had three times the mortality rate than faster walkers. Those who were slow to rise from a chair had twice the number of deaths contrasted to swift risers. The results of these studies were that those with higher physical capability levels are likely to have longer lives.
Source: British Medical Journal, online September 9, 2010
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