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A cross-sectional study evaluating grip strength and associated factors in Turkish nurses and nursing students [PDF]

BMC Nursing
Background Grip strength is an important indicator of muscle strength. Nursing job demands physical power, which is related to their muscle strength. However, studies on nurses’ grip strength remains lacking.
Cemile Savci, Ayse Cil Akinci, Safiye Sahin, Sharon Atienza, Salem Dehom, Lisa R. Roberts   +5 more
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Comparison between grip strength and relative grip strength in their relationship with allostatic load among adolescents [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Purpose To assess the associations of muscle strength, measure by grip strength and relative grip strength (grip strength divided by body weight), on the allostatic load (AL) index in adolescent boys and girls.
Huiqiong Xu, Xi Wang, Wan Xiao, Yang Xie, Xinyu Zhang, Shaojun Xu, Yuhui Wan, Fangbiao Tao   +7 more
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Seizing life with both hands: longitudinal analyses of grip strength among informal caregivers in Europe (SHARE) [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background This longitudinal study analyzed the association between informal caregiving inside and caregiving outside the household with changes in grip strength, and whether these associations varied based on caregivers’ gender and age among adults in ...
Larissa Zwar, Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek   +2 more
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Measurement of hand grip strength: A cross-sectional study of two dynamometry devices

South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2022
Background: Grip strength has been identified as an important indicator of health status and predictor of clinical outcomes. The gold standard for measuring grip strength is the JAMAR® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer. Less expensive dynamometers are available
Alison Lupton-Smith, Kyla Fourie, Anele Mazinyo, Molebogeng Mokone, Siwelile Nxaba, Brenda Morrow   +5 more
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Evaluation of the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis Score and Grip Strength in Chinese Patients With Myasthenia Gravis: An Observational Study

Frontiers in Neurology, 2021
Introduction: The quantitative myasthenia gravis score is a commonly used scale for evaluating muscle weakness associated with myasthenia gravis (MG). It has been reported that some items used in the scale have low discriminative properties.
Jinghao Li, Senhui Weng, Sen Lin, Linwen Huang, Xiaojun Yang, Bo Liang, Jiaxin Lu, Qilong Jiang   +7 more
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPIRATORY MUSCLE STRENGTH AND GRIP STRENGTH IN INSTITUTIONALIZED AND COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between respiratory muscle strength and grip strength in institutionalized and community-dwelling older adults.
Liliane de Faria Marcon, Ruth Caldeira de Melo, Francisco Luciano Pontes Júnior   +2 more
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Associations between grip strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiovascular risk and mental health in forcibly displaced people from a Greek refugee camp

Scientific Reports, 2023
Muscular strength represents a specific component of health-related fitness. Hand grip strength is used as a simple and dynamic marker of maximum voluntary force of the hand and to estimate overall strength.
Markus Gerber, Konstantinia Filippou, Florian Knappe, Ioannis D. Morres, Emmanouil Tzormpatzakis, Elsa Havas, Harald Seelig, Flora Colledge, Sebastian Ludyga, Marianne Meier, Yannis Theodorakis, Roland von Känel, Uwe Pühse, Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis   +13 more
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Muscular grip strength normative values for a Korean population from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2014-2015. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
INTRODUCTION:Muscle weakness is linked to a range of adverse health outcomes across the lifespan including mortality, morbidity, and disability. Because lifestyles and body composition are quite different between Western and Asian countries, there is an ...
Miji Kim, Chang Won Won, Maengkyu Kim
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Higher Hand Grip Strength Is Associated With Greater Radius Bone Size and Strength in Older Men and Women: The Framingham Osteoporosis Study

JBMR Plus, 2021
Mechanical loading by muscles elicits anabolic responses from bone, thus age‐related declines in muscle strength may contribute to bone fragility in older adults.
Robert R. McLean, Elizabeth J. Samelson, Amanda L. Lorbergs, Kerry E. Broe, Marian T. Hannan, Steven K. Boyd, Mary L. Bouxsein, Douglas P. Kiel   +7 more
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Assessment of grip-motion characteristics in carpal tunnel syndrome patients using a novel finger grip dynamometer system

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2020
Background Grip strength measurement is widely used in daily medical practice, and it has been reported that the grip strength decreases in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Toru Sasaki, Koji Makino, Akimoto Nimura, Shiro Suzuki, Tomoyuki Kuroiwa, Takafumi Koyama, Atsushi Okawa, Hidetsugu Terada, Koji Fujita   +8 more
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