Normative measurement of hand grip strength and its correlation with hand dimensions among healthy Maharashtrian females
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 21, Issue 2
Abstract
Abstract Background: Hand grip strength is a physiological variable affected by a number of factors including age, gender, body mass index and dimensions of forearm and hand. There are many studies done to find grip strength among children and athletic population but there are less study done among the normal female population. To our knowledge there is no study done to find normative data of grip strength among healthy females. Aims: To obtain normal reference value for grip strength in Maharashtrian female population. Objective: To establish normative data of hand grip strength and to determine whether correlation between hand grip strength with hand width, hand length, forearm length and forearm circumference. Design: Cross-sectional study was performed to study the association between hand dimensions. Methods: 140 healthy females between age group of 10 to 79 years was divided into 7 groups (10 – 19, 20 – 29, 30 – 39, 40 – 49, 50 – 59, 60 – 69, 70 – 79 ) of age were recruited for the study, hand dominance was determined, every female were asked to exert maximum grip strength was measured by using hand dynamometer Results and Conclusion: The normal reference value for grip strength in Maharashtrian female population is 21.94 ± 6.23. There is a negative correlation between BMI and grip strength and positive correlation between Hand Width, Hand Length, and Forearm length and hand circumference and grip strength.
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Gaurav C Mhaske, Sucheta Golhar, Aakanksha Joshi
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