Grip Strength in Healthy Caucasian Adults: Reference Values

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
D.S. Zelouf
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values

scholarly journals Teste de força de preensão manual: análise metodológica e dados normativos em atletas

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex de Andrade Fernandes ◽  
João Carlos Bouzas Marins
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Hand Grip

INTRODUÇÃO: Diferentes modalidades esportivas utilizam as mãos como importante seguimento corporal envolvido para o desempenho. Entre essas modalidades destacam-se judô, tênis, vela, remo, boxe, levantamento de peso e outras. A força de preensão manual é exigida nessas modalidades específicas, em que o nível de força gerado pode ser o diferencial no desempenho final. A dinamometria manual é um valioso instrumento a ser utilizado na detecção do talento esportivo, no controle do treinamento e na avaliação de recuperação de lesão. OBJETIVOS: O objetivo deste estudo é fazer uma revisão sobre os principais aspectos metodológicos envolvidos na mensuração da força de preensão manual, utilizando o dinamômetro Jamar®, identificando os aspectos relacionados à validade, confiabilidade, precisão, posição para realização do teste, posição da alça, instruções, número de medidas, período de descanso entre as tentativas, duração do tempo de contração, aquecimento pré-teste. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um levantamento para compor uma base de dados de diferentes modalidades olímpicas: coletivas e individuais. Foi realizada uma pesquisa eletrônica da literatura utilizando as bases de dados MEDLINE, SciELO e LILACS, sendo utilizados os seguintes descritores: força de preensão manual, dinamometria manual e, em inglês, hand, grip, strength, dynamometer, Jamar, norms e reference values. CONCLUSÃO: Os valores de força de preensão manual apresentados pelos atletas diferem de acordo com a modalidade, sexo, peso corporal, nível do atleta, idade e tipo de treinamento. A força de preensão manual deve estar presente nas baterias de testes para identificação de possíveis talentos esportivos.

scholarly journals Reference values for hand grip strength in the South Korean population

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0195485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung Reen Kim ◽  
Young-Jee Jeon ◽  
Moon Chan Kim ◽  
Taeheum Jeong ◽  
Woo Ram Koo
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Hand Grip Strength ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Hand Grip

scholarly journals Randomized controlled trial of exercise interventions for chronic whiplash-associated disorders: One-year follow-up of the effect on neck muscle endurance, active cervical range of motion and grip strength.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnel Peterson ◽  
Maria Landén Ludvigsson ◽  
Anneli Peolsson
Keyword(s):  
Neck Pain ◽  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Muscle Endurance ◽  
Neck Muscle ◽  
Exercise Interventions ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Whiplash Associated Disorders

Abstract Background: Years after whiplash injury, more than 40 % of people experience persistent neck pain and disability, called whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). The relations between neck related function, neck pain and disability are inconclusive and need to be further investigated. The aims were; a) to compare the effect of three different exercise interventions – neck-specific exercise (NSE), NSE with a behavioral approach (NSEB) and prescribed physical activity (PPA) – on neck-muscle endurance (NME), active cervical range of motion (AROM), grip strength and pain intensity immediately before and after the tests, and b) to compare neck-disability in individuals who are below or above the cut-off for normative reference values of healthy individuals regarding NME, AROM and grip strength.Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled multicenter study including 12 months’ follow-up. A total of 216 individuals with chronic WAD grades II or III were recruited. Data were recorded at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. Linear mixed models were used and sub-group analyses were evaluated with non-parametric tests.Results: NSE and NSEB resulted in greater improvements compared to PPA (p < .01) and were maintained at 12 months’ follow-up in ventral (only males) and dorsal NME, AROM and pain intensity during testing. In grip strength, there were no significant between-group differences (p > 0.05). There were no significant differences between the NSE and NSEB groups (p > .05). Sub-group analyses revealed improvement in disability at 12 months follow-up in NSE and/or NSEB for individuals both below and above the cut-off reference value in NME and AROM. More severe disability was seen in individuals below the reference values both at baseline and 12 months’ follow-up. Individuals in the PPA group below the reference values in NME and AROM reported increasing disability at 12 months compared to baseline.Conclusion: The results suggest that neck-specific exercises (NSE, NSEB) improved clinical function and decreased disability in chronic WAD compared to PPA. The results may imply that higher neck-related clinical function can be important for reduced disability. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01528579, date of registration: February 8, 2012, retrospectively registered; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT0152857

scholarly journals Sarcopenia in Neurological Patients: Standard Values for Temporal Muscle Thickness and Muscle Strength Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Steindl ◽  
Johannes Leitner ◽  
Matthias Schwarz ◽  
Karl-Heinz Nenning ◽  
Ulrika Asenbaum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Muscle Thickness ◽  
Temporal Muscle ◽  
Neurological Patients

Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) was investigated as a novel surrogate marker on MRI examinations of the brain, to detect patients who may be at risk for sarcopenia. TMT was analyzed in a retrospective, normal collective cohort (n = 624), to establish standard reference values. These reference values were correlated with grip strength measurements and body mass index (BMI) in 422 healthy volunteers and validated in a prospective cohort (n = 130) of patients with various neurological disorders. Pearson correlation revealed a strong association between TMT and grip strength (retrospective cohort, ρ = 0.746; p < 0.001; prospective cohort, ρ = 0.649; p < 0.001). A low or no association was found between TMT and age (retrospective cohort, R2 correlation coefficient 0.20; p < 0.001; prospective cohort, ρ = −0.199; p = 0.023), or BMI (retrospective cohort, ρ = 0.116; p = 0.042; prospective cohort, ρ = 0.227; p = 0.009), respectively. Male patients with temporal wasting and unintended weight loss, respectively, showed significantly lower TMT values (p = 0.04 and p = 0.015, unpaired t-test). TMT showed a high correlation with muscle strength in healthy individuals and in patients with various neurological disorders. Therefore, TMT should be integrated into the diagnostic workup of neurological patients, to prevent, delay, or treat sarcopenia.

Extended dynamometry: reference values

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry J. C. R. Belcher ◽  
Hayley Smith
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Curve Pattern ◽  
Test Protocol ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Consistency Curve ◽  
Jamar Dynamometer ◽  
Maximal Effort

Grip strength is used as a measure of capacity in disability and personal injury claims. Although seemingly an objective measure, it is widely recognized that it is fallible to the effects of sub-maximal effort. We have developed an extended test protocol that uses the five positions of a Jamar dynamometer. The protocol mitigates the effect of inconsistency while retaining the ability to detect sub-maximal effort. Dynamometry was undertaken in 242 volunteers (male:female, 124:118) with a median age of 39 years (range 18–89, interquartile range 29–52). Normative values for consistency, curve deviation and variation from the expected curve pattern are provided. None of these measures were significantly affected by laterality, hand dominance, sex or age despite the effects of these variables on grip strength. The study defines the methodology and reference values to allow assessment of both the capacity of a patient and the reliability of the test for use in medicolegal practice. Level of evidence: II

Reference values for adult grip strength measured with a Jamar dynamometer: a descriptive meta-analysis

Physiotherapy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Bohannon ◽  
Anneli Peolsson ◽  
Nicola Massy-Westropp ◽  
Johanne Desrosiers ◽  
Jane Bear-Lehman
Keyword(s):  
Grip Strength ◽  
Reference Values ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Jamar Dynamometer
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