CLSA scientific paper awarded Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize

A team of McMaster researchers received the Dhole-Eddlestone Memorial Prize for their paper, “Normative values for grip strength, gait speed, timed up and go, single leg balance, and chair rise derived from the Canadian longitudinal study on ageing,” published in April 2023. Using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), they developed performance charts to identify mid- to late-life adults with low physical function, similar to WHO’s child growth charts. The charts provide age-specific benchmarks for five physical tests, aiding early identification of mobility issues. The study was co-led by Alexandra Mayhew and Parminder Raina.
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