Association of grip strength with anthropometric measures: Height, forearm diameter, and middle finger length in young adults

Abaraogu, Ukachukwu Okoroafor; Ezema, Charles Ikechukwu; Ofodile, Uche Nelson; Igwe, Sylvester Emeka

doi:10.1016/j.poamed.2016.11.008

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“…Several researchers [ 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ] have reported that grip strength is dependent on many factors. For example, male participants showed greater grip strength than their female counterparts [ 28 , 29 ] due to the difference in body composition such as low muscle mass and high fat mass in females, which leads to decreased grip strength when compared to males.…”

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The Effects of Industrial Protective Gloves and Hand Skin Temperatures on Hand Grip Strength and Discomfort Rating

Ramadan

2017

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Daily working activities and functions require a high contribution of hand and forearm muscles in executing grip force. To study the effects of wearing different gloves on grip strength, under a variety of hand skin temperatures, an assessment of the maximum grip strength was performed with 32 healthy male workers with a mean age (standard deviation) of 30.44 (5.35) years wearing five industrial gloves at three hand skin temperatures. Their ages and anthropometric characteristics including body mass index (BMI), hand length, hand width, hand depth, hand palm, and wrist circumference were measured. The hand was exposed to different bath temperatures (5 °C, 25 °C, and 45 °C) and hand grip strength was measured using a Jamar hydraulic hand dynamometer with and without wearing the gloves (chemical protection glove, rubber insulating glove, anti-vibration impact glove, cotton yarn knitted glove, and RY-WG002 working glove). The data were analyzed using the Shapiro–Wilk test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Tukey test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) of the within-subject design analysis. The results showed that wearing gloves significantly affected the maximum grip strength. Wearing the RY-WG002 working glove produced a greater reduction on the maximum grip when compared with the bare hand, while low temperatures (5 °C) had a significant influence on grip when compared to medium (25 °C) and high (45 °C) hand skin temperatures. In addition, participants felt more discomfort in both environmental extreme conditions. Furthermore, they reported more discomfort while wearing neoprene, rubber, and RY-WG002 working gloves.

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The Effects of Industrial Protective Gloves and Hand Skin Temperatures on Hand Grip Strength and Discomfort Rating

Ramadan

2017

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“…Also, there was significant correlation with forearm circumference and hand grip strength, the higher the forearm diameter the higher is the grip strength [12].…”

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“…The fibber diameter of the flexor digitorum sublimes on the flexion contractile ability of the hand influences and explains the correlation between forearm girth and handgrip strength. Consequently, the forearm circumference and hand length can be used as a medium of hand grip strength among young adults [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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Correlation of Forearm Circumference and Hand Length with Grip Strength in Healthy Young Adults

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Prakash³

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Act Scie Ortho

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Introduction: Grip strength measurement is used as an indicator for many hand and forearm related orthopaedic injuries as well as in neurological assessment. Aim: To find whether anthropometric measurements like hand length and forearm circumference have influence on hand grip strength of young healthy adults. Material and Methods: 198 healthy young adults were used for the study for data collection. Grip strength of both hands were done with hand held dynamometer. Anthropometric measurements of hand length and forearm circumference was done using measuring tape. Results and Discussion: The result showed that there is statistical significance between hand grip strength and both anthropometric measurements, that is, hand length and forearm circumference. Conclusions: Hand grip strength has direct correlation with the anthropometric measurement of hand length and forearm circumference. Hence hand grip strength is associated with hand length and forearm circumference irrespective of age and gender.

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“…The post hoc analysis shows that the (60-70) age group is the only group significantly weaker than (18-29), (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39), (40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49), and (50-59) age groups. Additionally, the age group of (30-39) is the strongest followed by (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) then (40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49), as shown in Figure 4, but there were no significant differences between the (18-29), (30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)…”

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“…Many researchers concluded that several factors may affect grip strength [ 4 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Gender is the most important factor affecting grip strength.…”

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Normative Static Grip Strength of Saudi Arabia’s Population and Influences of Numerous Factors on Grip Strength

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Most daily tasks require exerting static grip strength which can be challenging for the elderly as their strength diminishes with age. Moreover, normative static grip strength data are important in ergonomics and clinical settings. The goal of this study is to present the gender, age-specific, hand-specific, and body-mass-index-specific handgrip strength reference of Saudi males and females in order to describe the population’s occupational demand and to compare them with the international standards. The secondary objective is to investigate the effects of gender, age group, hand area, and body mass index on the grip strength. A sample of 297 (146 male and 151 female) volunteers aged between 18 and 70 with different occupations participated in the study. Grip strength data were collected using a Jamar dynamometer with standard test position, protocol, and instructions. The mean maximum voluntary grip strength values for males were 38.71 kg and 22.01 kg, respectively. There was a curvilinear relationship of grip strength to age; significant differences between genders, hand area, and some age groups; and a correlation to hand dimensions depending on the gender.

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Association of grip strength with anthropometric measures: Height, forearm diameter, and middle finger length in young adults

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

The Effects of Industrial Protective Gloves and Hand Skin Temperatures on Hand Grip Strength and Discomfort Rating

The Effects of Industrial Protective Gloves and Hand Skin Temperatures on Hand Grip Strength and Discomfort Rating

Correlation of Forearm Circumference and Hand Length with Grip Strength in Healthy Young Adults

Normative Static Grip Strength of Saudi Arabia’s Population and Influences of Numerous Factors on Grip Strength

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