Anthropometric and Performance Variables Discriminating Elite American Junior Men Weightlifters

Fry, Andrew C.; CIROSLAN, DRAGOMIR; Fry, Mary D.; LEROUX, CHRISTOPHER D.; Schilling, Brian K.; Chiu, Loren Z.F.

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“…Measurement of hand grip strength is not only the most common assessment method for upper extremity muscle strength ( Vespa, 1992 ), but also it is an important indicator of sport performance ( Fry, Ciroslan, Fry, Leroux, Schilling, & Chiu, 2006 ). Hand grip strength is heritable, indicative of health status, overall masculinity, and reproductive fi tness with a substantial genetic component ( Miller & Freivalds, 1987 ;Häger-Ross & Rösblad, 2002 ;Gallup, White, & Gallup, 2007 ;Koley & Singh, 2010 ).…”

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Effects of Handedness on the Hand Grip Strength Asymmetry in Turkish Athletes

Ziyagil

Gürsoy

Dane

et al. 2015

Comprehensive Psychology

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This study aims to evaluate hand grip strength with respect to handedness in Turkish male and female athletes. Data were collected from 268 female and 1,234 male participants. There was no signifi cant diff erence between right-and left-hand grip strength only in male left-handers. Right-hand grip strength was greater than left-hand grip strength without regard to handedness in both genders, but left-handed athletes had stronger non-dominant hands.Most daily and some sporting activities require strong concentric contractions of fl exor muscles of the forearms and hands. Hence, hand grip strength is one of the stronger predictors for general body strength ( Mathiowetz, Kashman, Volland, Weber, Dowe & Rogers, 1985 ;Bassey & Harries, 1991 ;Fraser, Vallow, Preston, & Cooper, 1999 ;Groslambert, Nachon, & Rouillon, 2002 ;Häger-Ross & Rösblad, 2002 ). These muscles are frequently used in sports including basketball, handball, baseball, judo, wrestling, tennis, and football. Hand grip strength is necessary for success in these sports, depending on the amount of hand usage as well as the athlete's hand preference.Fewer people have a stronger left-hand preference than right-hand preference. Far more people are classifi ed as right-handed ( Bechtol, 1954 ;Tan, 1988 ). Hand grip strength is strongly associated with physical activity; e.g., heavy manual workers have greater hand grip strength than offi ce workers ( Josty, Tyler, Shewell, and Roberts, 1997 ;Nevill & Holder, 2000 ). Bechtol (1954 ) reported a signifi cant diff erence of 10% between hand grip strength in dominant and nondominant hands.The ratio of left-handers has been reported as higher in trained and elite athletes in diff erent sports including rock climbing, handball, baseball, tennis, fencing, cricket, boxing, and wrestling, in contrast to the sedentary population ( McLean & Ciurczak, 1982 ;Azemar, Ripoll, Simonet, & Stein, 1983 ;Bisiacchi, Ripoll, Stein, Simonet, & Azemar, 1985 ;Maughan, Abel, Watson, & Weir, 1986 ;Wood & Aggleton, 1989 ;Margonato, Roi, Cerizza, & Galdab, 1994 ;Holtzen, 2000 ;Grant, Hasler, Davies, Aitchison, Wilson, & Whittaker, 2001 ;Leyk, Gorges, Ridder, Wunderlich, Rüther, Sievert, & Essfeld, 2007 ;Gürsoy, 2008 ;Ziyagil, Gürsoy, Dane, & Yüksel, 2010 ). Left-handedness seems to have some advantage in sport (e.g., Loffi ng, Hagemann, & Strauss, 2012 ): almost 50% of the most successful 2003 cricket World Cup athletes were left-handed ( Brooks, Bussière, Jennions, & Hunt, 2004 ). Left-handers might have an innate neurologic advantage compared to right handers, possibly because of superior spatio-motor skills ( Annett, 1985 ;Geschwind & Galaburda, 1985 ; Dane & Erzurumluoglu, 2003 ).

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Effects of Handedness on the Hand Grip Strength Asymmetry in Turkish Athletes

Ziyagil

Gürsoy

Dane

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Comprehensive Psychology

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“…16,20 As postulated by Bohannon et al (2006) it would be helpful to establish models on the basis of normative data to enable the prediction of a person's hand strength using quick and easy to measure parameters. 20 The current study correlated age, anthropometric traits (height, weight, forearm length, arm length and hand breadth) and body composition parameters (BMI and fat mass) with dominant handgrip strength of Indian females.…”

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“…For example, without adequate grip and forearm strength, tennis players may run the risk of developing lateral epicondylitis, otherwise known as tennis elbow. 15 The strength of hand grip plays a key role in injury prevention and overall strength development [15][16][17] with some researchers suggesting that grip strength be a screening tool for women at risk of osteoporosis. 18 In order to properly diagnose various musculoskeletal deformities, especially related to upper extremities, and for their rehabilitation, the assessment of normative values for handgrip strength and its association with physical and body composition parameters is essential.…”

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Anthropometry based prediction of dominant hand grip strength in Indian office going females

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Background: Physical strength can be measured by means of hand grip strength. It is of great use as a functional index of nutritional status. Aims and Objectives: Association of hand grip strength with other variables is studied in order to predict the strength outcomes and to study the effect of factors that can influence hand grip strength performance. Materials and Methods: In the present study the correlations of dominant hand grip strength and anthropometric and body composition variables namely, height, weight, forearm length, arm length, hand breadth, body mass index (BMI), and fat mass in randomly selected 375 unrelated, normal, healthy Indian office going females of age 20-60 years with mean height and weight of 154.12 ± 5.94 cm and 59.86 ± 10.94 kg respectively has been studied. Result: Hand grip strength of the females varied from 17 kg to 32 kg with a mean of 23.86 ± 2.74 kg. The comparison of age, height, weight, forearm length, arm length, hand breadth, and fat mass with the hand grip strength showed good correlation (p<0.01). The best fit model for handgrip prediction when age, height, weight and hand breadth for this population were considered is Hand Grip = -12.260-0.13*Age+0.16*Height+0.13* Weight+1.02*Hand breadth. Conclusion: It may be concluded that hand grip strength has close association with the anthropometric measurements and body composition variables and using these parameters grip strength can be predicted in Indian office going females.

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“…Su evaluación también se considera muy importante en el rendimiento de determinadas modalidades deportivas (Fry et al, 2006;Leyk et al, 2007;Visnapuu & Jürimäe, 2007). El judo es un deporte de combate con agarre cuyo objetivo es proyectar al adversario sobre la espalda y/o controlarlo en el suelo.…”

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La fuerza isométrica del agarre en judo

Bonitch-Góngora

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2014

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REVISIÓN ResumenDebido a que el agarre es un importante aspecto técnico-táctico a través del cual los judokas imponen su dominio sobre el adversario, dificultando que éste pueda realizar las técnicas de ataque oportunas y favoreciendo las propias, los judokas deben poseer altos niveles de fuerza isométrica y resistencia a este tipo de fuerza en la musculatura prensora de los antebrazos, como uno de los aspectos fundamentales para alcanzar el éxito. Este artículo revisa los perfiles de fuerza y resistencia muscular del agarre de judokas de diferentes sexos, edades y niveles competitivos. En general, el pico de fuerza isométrica de los judokas de élite no ha variado en los últimos 40 años y no parece diferenciarse del alcanzado por judokas de menor nivel competitivo o incluso del registrado en grandes grupos de población, lo que indica a los investigadores que la resistencia a la fuerza isométrica de prensión manual puede ser un parámetro más relevante en la evaluación de los judokas que el pico de fuerza isométrica, ya que en los combates deben mantener el agarre de manera continua durante periodos de tiempo relativamente largos y la fuerza máxima no se mantiene durante mucho tiempo. Sin embargo existen pocos estudios sobre la capacidad de resistir a sucesivas tensiones isométricas de prensión manual en judokas.Palabras clave: Fuerza isométrica; agarre; kumikata; judo; rendimiento. Handgrip isometric strength in judo AbstractThe grip is an important technical and tactical aspect through which the judokas dominate the adversary, hindering the application of appropriate techniques and favoring their own attack. The judokas must have high levels of isometric force and endurance to this type of force on the gripping muscles of the forearms, as one of the key aspects for success. This article reviews the grip muscular strength and endurance profiles of judokas of different groups (gender, age and competitive level). In general, the peak isometric strength of elite judokas has not changed in the last 40 years and is similar to that reached by non-elite judokas or even registered in large populations. This indicate that the evaluation of the isometric hand grip endurance may be a more relevant parameter than the peak isometric force in judokas, as during the bouts the grip must be maintained for relatively long periods of time and the maximum force cannot be maintained for long. However there are few studies on the ability to resist successive isometric handgrip stress in judokas.Keywords: Isometric strength; grip; kumikata; judo; performance A força isométrica da preensão em judo ResumoDado que a preensão é um aspeto técnico-tático muito importante, através do qual os judocas impõem o seu domínio sobre o adversário, dificultando que a este possa realizar as técnicas de ataque oportunas e favorecendo as próprias, os judocas aplicam altos níveis de força isométrica e resistência a este tipo de força muscular. A preensão dos antebraços é um dos aspetos fundamentais para ter êxito. Este artigo apresenta uma revisão dos vár...

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Anthropometric and Performance Variables Discriminating Elite American Junior Men Weightlifters

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Effects of Handedness on the Hand Grip Strength Asymmetry in Turkish Athletes

Effects of Handedness on the Hand Grip Strength Asymmetry in Turkish Athletes

Anthropometry based prediction of dominant hand grip strength in Indian office going females

La fuerza isométrica del agarre en judo

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